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Elements of Matter ar\d ©Attributes of 6ner|\; ; 

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so the reader may more readily comprehend the character 
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ANNOTATIONS 

Honorable mention will be made in each part of authors, 
publishers and works, freely consulted and noted to verify 
the views expressed on the topics considered. 

Prominent among those referred to are : 

newton's Principia, faradat's Researches, noad's Text Book, ttndall's Works, win- 
chell's World-Life, olmsted's Philosophy, pop. sci-mo. Mansfield's Education, bueeett's 
Astronomy and Atlas, proctor's Works; newcomb, young, langley & loceyer. 

DANA, GEIKE, WELLS AND HITCHCOCK ; COOK, DRAPER, COMSTOCK & YOUMAlNS *, FRANKLIN, 
THOMPSON, WARREN, BROCKLESBY AND MAURY ; THE BIBLE, HISTORY OF THE MAGI, MAHAN, 
HUDSON AND COUS. 

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a story of tf)e rgysteries of Qature. 
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6 INFINITE ENERGY. 

NATURAL PROCEvSSES. 

To appreciate the extent and thoroughness of the studies 
of the subjects mentioned in this work, it is affirmed, that 
NATURAL PROCESSES OF COSMIC FORCES EVOLUTE ELEMENTS 
OF MATTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF ENERGY. 

It contains concise statements, lucid arguments and ele- 
gant illustrations of manifold topics, including the marvel- 
ous results of 
RESEARCHES IN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC f PHYSICS, AS INTERPRETED 

BY RATIONAL AND EMPIRICAL PHILOSOPHY, IN THE 
ANALYSIS OF PHENOMENA. 

And the elaboration of these topics, as exhibited in the 
display of their varied relations to differential phenomena, 
comprehends the extended field of general science. 

The combinations of natural forces result in the 

EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL PHENOMENA, 

which exhibits the properties of things ; their origin, growth, 
maturity and final destiny. The philosophy of matter and 
energy, of life in animals and planets; and the 

BIRTH, GROWTH AND CONTROL OF WORLDS. 



The origin and forms of matter are examined; its com- 
position and distribution in the 

ECONOMY- OF NATURE J 

as observed in the chemical elements, in gases, liquids and 
solids ; and as represented in organic and inorganic bodies ; 



ELEMENTS. " 7 

From Mite to Mammoth, From Atoms to Worlds; 

explaining the origin, properties and laws of the subjects 

presented for investigation. 

Thus we learn that the Grandeur and Glories of nature ) s 

works are 

All worthy of great praise, All that is Beautiful, 
All that is Grand, All that is Impressive, 

All that is Magnificent, All that is Wonderful, 

All that is Inspiring, All that is Charming, 

in nature's wide domain, 
may be reviewed and contemplated by the aid of suggestions, 
received while reading this work. 

The World ] ] s Fair was grand ; its views are beautiful. 
But in the study of nature — Every sense is satisfied ; 
Every intellect is feasted ; Every sentiment is elevated; 

Every thought is exalted ; Every life is happier ; 

Every one attains a grander sphere of life and usefulness. 

The work comprehends the enigmatical labyrinths of oc- 
cult or unseen energies, that are elaborated in 

nature's great arcanum ; 
and which are displayed in the various processes that dcvel- 
ope phenomena in the visible cosmos. 

It describes the properties, numbers and laws 
OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES, 

of germ life, organized life, from the tiny entity to the myr- 
iads of 



8 INFINITE ENERGY. 

PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE 



that swarm in the sea, earth or air, and their various relations 
to the energy; also, 

THE ORIGIN OF DUPLICATE LIFE ; 

making up the supply and equipment of a world, for its 
journey through the skies, with its moons, meteors, eclipses 
and tides. 



THE MYSTICAL FORMS OF NATURAL FORCES, 

are examined and interpreted according to natural law; in- 
cluding differential forms of force ; viz., 

MAGNETISM, ELECTRICITY, GRAVITY, GALVANISM, AFFINITY 

AND PSYCHOLOGY. 

These forms of force possess a mystical relation to the 
origin and production of natural phenomena ; and their in- 
herent attributes and their marvelous functions, as ex- 
hibited in nature's works, are carefully described and ex- 
plained. They exert a greater influence in the motion and 
control of natural processes, in the formation of phenomena, 
than has, hitherto, been attributed to them. 

By certain processes these forms of force, generate dif- 
ferential phenomena, as described in differential environ- 
ments of matter ; viz., 

FORM, SOUND, HEAT, LIGHT AND LIFE. 

Form is again resolved into the ethereal, gaseous, li- 
quid and solid state. 



■ 



ELEMENTS. 9 

Sounds are vibrations producing tones. They are Rhyth- 
mic, Melodic and Dynamic ; as long or short, high or low, 
soft or loud, according to the rapidity of the vibrations in 
a second ; the same as light is white or red when the vibra- 
tions are fast or slow. Tones are divided into octaves or pe- 
riods of intervals, as the vibrations increase or diminish in 
rapidity; and range from the low Diapason of the organ to 
the high and shrill notes of the Picalo. 

The interruption of these rhythmic vibrations creates con- 
fusion; and produces noise instead of melody, and discord 
instead of harmony. 

Heat is latent, apparent, red, incandescent or white 
like sun's heat. 

Light is resolved into seven primary colors ; red, orange, 
yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet ; and each color has 
its number of waves in an inch ; and its number of vibra- 
tions in a second of time; and white light is known as sun- 
light, electric, magnetic, chemical, incandescent and mirac- 
ulous light. 

Life is known in Typical Forms, as in animals, plants 
and spirit forms. The word form is not often used in this 
sense or in this relation. 

But every material and spiritual body, has some kind 
of typical form and life. It may be inorganic, like the 
protoplasm, or a wraith, in human form ; yet it is alive and 
possessed of energy. 

All matter void of energy dies and disintegrates into 



IO INFINITE ENERGY. 

molecules, and is dissipated into space ; there it is re-ener, 
gized, and is again alive and performs its functions. 

These are some of the processes continually in opera- 
tion in the Cosmos. 

They are all carefully described and explained in the 
text of the book. 

The topics of intelligence and thought, sensation and 
motion, and psychic influences might be presented here, 
but it is not necessary, for other 

MYSTICAL FORCES AND PHENOMENA 

MUST BE NOTICED ; SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, Wa- 

ter-Spouts, Cyclones, Seismic Waves in the Earth, 
Tidal Waves in the Sea and Air. And Luminous 
Effects; The Ignis Fatuus (or Fire of Fate), St. El- 
mo's Fire, Luminous Sea, Dragons and Glories of 
Light and Auroral Glow. 

The Earth is accompanied through space by 

MANY OTHER WORLDS, 

like itself in appearance and form. Their numbers, mag- 
nitudes, distances, and densities, are counted, measured and 
weighed according to the laws of modern science. Their 
times, seasons, and years, are given; and the forces, by which 
they are moved and controlled in space, are carefully and 
thoroughly considered. 

PSYCHIC FORCES AND PHENOMENA. 

Their marvelous relations and processes in the Human 
body and its Environments. The subjects of the Animo 



ELEMENTS. 1 1 

mundi, universal Aura and Astral, the Od or Odylic Force ; 
Miracles and Mysticism, Spiritism and Witchcraft, Ecstacy and 
Mania and Mesmeric Crises ; including Magnetism and Me-- 
diumship, Hypnotism and Trance, Clairvoyance and Clairau- 
dience, Sensitiveness and Levitation, Lights and Sounds 
Magic and Mirage, Telepathy and Teleology. 

These with other kindred topics are reviewed, and many 
new suggestions pertinent to their elucidation are offered. 

The views and dicta, of the entire work are plainly and 
carefully stated, pursuing a candid, independent and pop- 
ular course with the subjects investigated. 
» The writer has presumed to introduce some new views 
and arguments upon Theses that have, hitherto, been con- 
sidered as fixed science. 

The work captivates the student by its originality of 
thought, strength and purity of style, and the free and rac} T 
mode of expression. It is full of facts and ideas ; and con- 
stantly surprises and fascinates the reader as he rushes 
through its pages. 

In thought, one rises in the air, like an angel, flies over 
earth and sea, gathers a few elements, picks up a few peb- 
bles and builds a world ; leaves the earth and soars to the 
sun ; takes in the sweep of the spheres ; comprehends a uni- 
verse of worlds, suns and systems, and discovers the laws by 
which they are governed ; then returns to his study, and 
records the events of his journey, and thus acquires know- 
ledge. 



12 INFINITE ENERGY. 

The work also treats of topics of interest, that are near 
and aronnd us, as met with in everyday life : 

Of physics and mechanics, of the science of life and 
hygiene, and the story is useful to the general reader, the 
savant, the student, the mechanic and engineer, in all 
branches of investigation and industry. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 

A fine elevation and complete representation of Yerkes 
Telescope, presented by him to the University of Chicago, 
may be found on the cover of the work with a full descrip- 
tion in the introductory by Prof. See, of the university. 

A mounted Zodiacal wheel? with the twelve constellations, 
and signs of the Zodiac, is represented on one of the covers 
of each part. Both these views will be represented in gold, 
on the outside pages. 

This giant wheel, also, represents the planisphere of 
the solar system, with an enlarged view of the earth, in 
its orbit around the sun ; also, showing its position in the 
four seasons of the year. 

The parts descriptive of Astronomical topics will be ac- 
companied by a colored celestial Atlas, size 24x26 inches, 
representing the constellations of the heavens, in all their 
grandeur and beauty, highly illustrated by the weird and 
grotesque forms, of the mythology of the ancients. 

An eminent writer says: The adventures of the gods, 
and inventions of men, the exploits of heroes, and the fan- 
cies of poets, are here spread out in the heavens and per- 
petually celebrated before all nations. 



ELEMENTS. 13 

Other extensive and appropriate illustrations will be 
used throughout the work ; and described in the text in their 
proper places ; to assist the explanation of the subjects pre- 
sented. These will include new and important views, in 
Astronomy, Meteorology, Geology, Chemistry, Electro-Magne- 
tic Physics, and the Occult. 

In the general review in each number of the books, 
many facts and statements are quoted to verify the views 
presented, supported by a Consensus of current opinions upon 
scientific topics by eminent authorities, and by short arti- 
cles of approved correspondents, who may favor us with their 
views, to elucidate Physical and Metaphysical Science. 
While the questions submitted in the synopsis, are investi- 
gated and the correct answers sought ; ' yet the writer is cog- 
nizant of the fact, that there are mighty problems to be 
solved. And although confident, that he is following the 
correct line of thought and investigation, and has arrived 
at some remarkable conclusions ; yet he w T ould be pleased 
to receive communications on these topics, and they will 
be published, whether in harmony, or not, with the views 
expressed in this work. 

No one can answer all the interrogatories directly or 
absolutely ; but on the pages of the books they are all care- 
fully considered ; and new opinions and propaganda regard- 
ing their solution, are eliminated and presented ; and new 
conclusions are sought and found, which may help the reader 
to solve the queries, and explain the cause of natural phe- 
nomena. 



14 INFINITE ENERGY. 

This lias been the object of the effort of science for 
ages ; in this effort, if we have added a spark to the great 
light that illnmines the temple of knowledge, that enlightens 
the world, we shall be satisfied. 

But w r e pause here in the midst of our speculations. 
The very firmament is careering in infinite space, while we 
ponder on its constitution and history or turn to our material 
occupations. Our comfortable homes, while we dine or sleep, 
are rolled through space at the rate of seven hundred miles 
an hour by the diurnal rotation of the earth. During the 
same time they are transported sixty-eight thousand miles 
by the movement of the earth in its orbit. Then the sun, 
with his entire family of planets, is sweeping through im- 
mensity, toward the constellation Hercules, with a velocity 
which, if equal to that of Arcturus, is two hundred thousand 
miles an hour. And lastly, there must be some common 
motion of translation of the whole inextricable maze of mov- 
ing stars, and with a velocity to which fancy may assign 
what rate it pleases without restraint from science. This 
mighty waltz of cosmic dances is joined by the gauzy 
nebulae, animated also, like our firmament, by their own 
internal motions. In the midst of this universe of seething 
movements is our appointed home. The mind uplifted in 
the effort to contemplate them and grasp their method, 
grows giddy and impotent. How sublime these activities ! 
To what a numerous and lofty companionship does our little 
planet belong ? Hard it seems to be imprisoned here while 
the realm of the universe tempts us to exploration. How 
can a human soiil content itself to roll and whirl through 
space during its mortal days, and eat and sleep and trifle, 
like rats in a ship at sea, without wondering where we are 
and whither we are bound? — World Life. 



warn 



sSdenttfic ©ciertes. 



A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF TOPICS AND QUESTIONS, FREELY 
DISCUSSED IN THIS WORK ; WHICH ALWAYS INTER- 
EST AND EXCITE PUBLIC ATTENTION. 



ORIGIN OF WORLDS. 

What is star dust, and the dust of time, that buries 
great cities and old ruins of the earth? 

What are Ether Clouds and Firemist ? 

What are Comets and Nebulae ? 

How are worlds made, and how do they grow ? 

What are their numbers, magnitudes, distances and den- 
sities ? 

Are other worlds like ours ? 

Are they inhabited by intelligent beings ? 

How old is the earth, and other planets ? 

Will the earth come to an end, and how ? 

Why does the earth whirl on its axis ? 

And why does it revolve around the sun ? 

Is the moon a dead world ? If so, what killed it ? 

WHAT IS SPACE? 
What is space, and what is in it ? 
Is space cold or hot, light or dark? 



1 6 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Is there an interstellar medinm ? 
If so, what is its natnre and office ? 

WHAT ARE METEORS? 

What are Meteors, and where do they come from? 
How many fall npon the earth every }^ear ? 
Where do Diamonds and Precions Metals come from ? 
Where does all Matter or Substance come from ? 

ORIGIN OF MATTER. 

What is the original, and first form of matter ? 

What is the origin of the Gases, Air, Earth and Sea ? 

What is the Atmosphere, and where does it come from ? 

What is Water, and where does it come from ? 

We say Air is formed of Oxygen and Nitrogen ; Water 

of Oxygen and Hydrogen — all gases. 
What is the signification of these terms ? 
Why do Winds blow and Clonds fly? 
What is a Cyclone, and what is its canse ? 

EVAPORATION. 

What pulls up 2,000 million tons of water, into the 
air from the Mediterranean Sea, every twenty-four hours ? 
Will Water burn, and why ? 
Will Metals swim in water, and why ? 
What pulls up the Water-Spout, with its thousands of 
tons of water ? 

PRECIPITATION. 

What is the Rain-fall upon the earth in one year; when 



QUERIES. 1 7 

one inch in depth, covering one acre of surface, 
equals ioo tons ? 

The depth varies from 25 to 100 inches, in various local- 
ities, each year. How many tons to the acre? How 
many acres to the square mile, Township, County, 
State, United States, the World ? 

Not a difficult problem, but vast in its conclusions. 

DAY AND NIGHT. 

What is the cause of Day and Night, change of Seasons, 
Eclipses and Tides ? 

ATOMS AND MOLECULES. 

What are Atoms and Molecules ? 

How many in a Cubic inch ? 

What is it that pushes them apart when air, the gases 

and steam are expanded ? 
Why is air expanded in space, with a temperature 100 

below zero, Faht.? 

NATURAL FORCES. 
What are Magnetism, Electricity and Gravity ? 
What is a Magneto-Electric Dynamo ? 
Why does Electricity give light ? 
What is the cause of Thunder and Lightning ? 
What are Typical Forms, Sound, Heat, Light and Life ? 

HEAT AND LIGHT OF SUN. 

Is the Sun a hot and burning body ? 
What is the cause of its light and heat? 



1 8 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Does the sun radiate light and heat direct to the earth 

and other planets ? 
Does the sun propagate light, heat and energy inversely, 

as the square of the distances ? 
Why do stars shine, that are twenty million million 

miles away ? 

HOW DO WE KNOW ? 

How can the scientist tell the distance of these great 
worlds from us ? 

How does he know the times and motions of the Plan- 
ets and Comets, and even the fixed stars, at the 
very day, hour and minute ? 

How did Liverrier discover the planet Neptune ? 

How does the Scientist know the minute that an Eclipse, 
Transit or Occultation may occur ? 

He knows the minute the sun, moon and stars will rise 
or set, or arrive on the Meridian. 

THE HUMAN BODY. 
" What a piece of work is man? 

What is the mystery of the Human Bod}^ ? 
Why does man breathe and his heart beat ? 
What is the Soul, and Astral Body ? 
What is the meaning of the Sixth sense ? 
What is the mystery of Primary and Duplicate Life ? 
What are Ghosts, Wraiths and Apparitions ? 
What did the Witch of Endor do when she brought up 
Samuel ? 



QUERIES. 19 

When Moses saw the burning bush, did the bush burn ? 
and why ? 

IS MAN A MAGNET ? 

What are Hypnotism and Trance ? 

What are Mesmeric crises ? 

If pieces of Silver and Zinc, are placed above and below 
the tongue, by closing the eyes and mouth, a spark 
is noticed, and why ? 

If a Lady and Gentleman, after chafing their bare 
feet on a woolen carpet, bring their gold rings to- 
gether, a spark will pass, why? Some Gentlemen, chaf- 
ing their hands, can light the gas with their finger 
tips, and why ? 

What is the cause of Sensation and Motion ? 

What is the meaning of the law of suggestion ? 

WHAT ARE VIBRATIONS ? 

What are Light Vibrations ? 

What are Heat and Sound Vibrations ? 

What are Brain and Nerve Vibrations ? 

WHY DOES THE ETHER VIBRATE ? 



■~98€cr 



gPILOGUE. 






The object of the writer is to instruct and entertain, 
to awaken an interest and inquiry into the phenomena of 
nature, to account for their origin and properties, to dis- 
cover the laws by which they are governed, and to inspire 
a desire and discernment for the further prosecution of a 
most fascinating and useful study. 

To a certain extent, the course pursued is novel and 
presents a line of thought hitherto undeveloped. But, after 
many years of study and research, the writer is fully pur- 
suaded, that the views presented not only demand attention, 
but are worthy of the highest consideration by eminent scien- 
tific authorities. 

In the elaboration of the manifestations of the energy 
and the productions of phenomena which accompany its ac- 
tivity, we are compelled to look to a Universal Ca7ise, as 
the origin of both. When the attributes and properties of 
the energy are studied, it appears to be abundantly compe- 
tent to originate and execute the forces, and produce the 
phenomena found everywhere in nature. 

Much might be said, in a preliminary way, about the 
energy and the resultant phenomena, but it may be more 
desirable to surprise the reader as the topics are unfolded 
to him, from page to page, through the work. 



EPILOGUE. 2 1 

But let us explain : It is said we have chosen a bold 
title— 

INFINITE ENERGY, OR THE MYSTERY SOLVED. 

We admit the fact. We believe in it and we are ready 
to stand by it. We believe in positive philosophy, "and use 
positive terms to support it. It is no catch phrase, and it 
expresses exactly what we mean. 

We state facts, and evolve processes and laws of energy 
which, if practically and logically considered, will aid in solv- 
ing the great problems of science. We make these statements 
with an honest conviction, matured by extensive research, that 
what we say is true. 

We expect to put the foot down firmly — as President 
Lincoln once said, with whom the writer was intimately 
acquainted — and keep it there until the field is won. 

Science to-day has catalogued many valuable facts, has 
revealed many valuable truths, and has arrived at many 
valuable conclusions. 

Many other facts and truths are waiting to be recog- 
nized as worthy of classification. 

Few savants, however, are ready to recognize new re- 
lations, or new formulas, of natural law; neither are the}' 
ready to accept new conclusions, even when amply verified. 

It is easier to run in the old rut, though it requires 
more time and more theories to rationalize the hypotheses 
accepted than to investigate new facts to establish correct 
doctrines. 



22 INFINITE ENERGY. 

After a few introductory topics are presented, which 
will interest the reader, and before discussing the elements 
and attributes of the energy and other topics, in detail, the 
writer will present a general view, of a descriptive character, 
of some of the more important phenomena of nature, so 
the reader may obtain a more comprehensive idea of the 
scope and character of the whole work. 

These preliminary topics will occupy two or three 
numbers of the first parts of the work. 

Then the energy will be taken up and fully and thor- 
oughly elaborated and explained, and then applied to gen- 
eral phenomena, showing their origin, properties and laws 
that govern them, and their distribution in the cosmos. 

A few of the leading topics first presented are those 
usually classed under Astro — Physics or Astronomy, in- 
cluding Space and what is in it, as Ether Clouds, Firemist, 
Starry Matter, and more condensed Nebulse, also Cosmic 
Dust and Meteoric Streams, Cometary Masses and Worlds, 
Suns, Systems, Constellations and the Earth with its phe- 
nomena. 

From these elevated views we may elaborate the Energy, 
and discuss its origin, motions, laws, and general phe- 
nomena, explaining how worlds are made. Then, with the 
Energy, Ave may come to the infinitessimal Molecule and 
other forms of Matter and Energy. 

The writer has presumed to introduce and discuss some 
new views and arguments upon Theses hitherto considered as 
fixed science. 



EPILOGUE. 23 

He is in full sympathy with the views expressed, and 
cannot^ conscientiously, accept the present beliefs on various 
topics. The examination of light, heat, and energy of the 
sun leads to new and important conclusions. 

It is proved that, for several incontrovertible reasons, 
neither the light, heat, nor energy of the sun or planets are 
radiated into space as a cosmic law of supply. 

The sun and the planets are all bombarded with meteor- 
ites and meteoric matter, but not to supply them with fuel 
to heat and light a universe eternally cold and dark, for 
space has both these conditions. The origin and laws of 
cosmical energy are explained in a manner hitherto un- 
recognized by science. 

And the same fact is true of cosmic bodies or worlds, 
and also of the topics of expansion and evaporation, super- 
heated steam and bodies subject to extreme heat or cold. 

The evolution of thought, as outlined here, has taken 
a new direction, by selecting and utilizing old and new facts, 
identifying and unifying their results, generalizing and 
formulating new propositions and codifying them into con- 
clusions and systems, formidable innovations are presented 
to what has hitherto been considered as fixed science. 

Nearly all the facts stated and used in these premises are 
well known to scientists as true, but the arguments used, 
and the combinations and conclusions formed, are new and 
astounding. And the manner the subjects are handled in 
this work will prove our position correct. 



24 INFINITE ENERGY. 

The elaboration of the subject is somewhat extended, 
but it will amply recompense the reader or investigator for 
his labor, to study and comprehend the subjects as here 
presented. 

The effort is no vague speculation of an imaginary mind, 
but every view presented is supported by facts that form a 
firm scientific basis. The premises are brief and simple, the 
arguments are new and logical, and the conclusions are cer- 
tain and inevitable. 

The writer is well advised of the embarrassments that 
may arise from the attempt to controvert current opinion, 
long accepted upon topics that have the sanction of the 
ablest writers in the land. But if truth is worth the effort 
of finding out, it is, also, worth promulgating to the world, 
and that is the object of this work. 

The functions of natural forces are fully elaborated, and 
their properties and principles are carefully described and 
explained, and their usefulness is indicated. The practical 
utility of these forces receives 

PARTICULAR ATTENTION. 
And the causal conditions of form, sound, heat, light, life, in- 
telligence and thought are reviewed, and their cause is dis- 
covered and explained. 

Other important phenomena are discussed with lucid 
and trenchant argument. And finally, manifold topics, con- 
tained in the curriculum of science, are presented and ex- 
amined, comparing and unifying their various phenomena 



EPILOGUE. 25 

in a more extended and detailed manner, and accounting for 
them by the laws of the energy. 

The topics are described in Philosophy and Mathematics, 
Chemistry and Astronomy, Geology and Meteorology, Psychology 
and Mythology. 

CONSTELLATIONS. 

In the sweep of the ages, through the cycles of time, 
man seeks a page or sign on which to write the passing 
events of the world's history. A single emblem or hiero- 
glyphic may indicate a record, or symbolize notable events, 
and the interpretation of a stony tablet may tell the tales 
of the rise and fall of nations, and indicate their civile 
political and religious history for centuries. 

In earlier times men were romantic and portrayed great 
events in heroic characters. Natural forces and empirical 
customs were symbolized by the genius of the age in mon- 
sters and heroic forms of creatures and things that, natur- 
ally, might represent those forces and customs, and which 
were often executed in an exaggerated and fantastic design. 
Art and architecture were redolent of imaginary creations, 
that often went wide of nature and truth, which afford the 
only safe types for correct representation. 

No conception or design was too intricate or too grand 
for their effort. Hence we have as examples of their in- 
genuity such creations as the Tower of Babel, the pyra- 
mids of Egypt, the obelisks of the plain, and the exagger- 
ated designs of the sphinxes, tombs and temples of Luxor 
and Thebes. 



26 



INFINITE ENERGY. 



They were not satisfied with earthly fields and efforts, 
bnt tnrned their attention to the shining parchment of the 
skies, and there painted their grotesque figures on the tab- 
lets of the stars to represent the clusters and constellations 
of the heavens. 

To locate and describe the stars, they are clustered and 
grouped together into constellations, represented by forms 
and figures, and maped out as a geography of the heavens. 

Of these constellations there are ninety-three in all, 
forty-eight old ones and forty-five new ones. And of these 
thirty-four are Northern, twelve Zodiacal, and forty-seven 
Southern. Many of these constellations are represented by 
peculiar and uncouth figures, which indicate an epoch of 
time, very ancient in the world's history and an era of 
cabalistic intelligence, when myth and mystery prevailed in 
the minds of the best writers and scholars. 

A writer says : " These constellations are a faithful 
picture of the ruder stages of civilization. 

They ascend to times of which no other record exists, 
and are destined to remain when all others are lost. Frag- 
ments of history, various dates and documents, relating to 
chronology, geography and language are here preserved in 
imperishable characters, delineated upon the blue and 
spangled scroll of the skies." 

In the list of illustrations in the first part, may be found 
a double-page plate, supposed to represent solar systems of 
the universe. 



EPILOGUE. 27 

Our system is represented with the sun, planets and 
satellites. But other suns have no planets or moons repre- 
sented, for they are so far away, they cannot be seen by 
instruments of the highest power. 

Comets are also represented as approaching from far 
distant space, and, suddenly, changing their course toward 
the central suns. 

All the systems appear to be swinging around one 
grand cosmical center or sun, thus forming the system of 
the universe. The Zodiacal wheel is on the the first out- 
side pa'ge of the work. It is a wheel of enormous size and 
contains twelve great groups or constellations of stars, which 
represent the signs of the Zodiac, and also correspond to 
the twelve months of the year. 

Based upon careful calculations the breadth of the starry 
tire of this wheel cannot be less than thirty million miles, 
its diameter may represent hundreds of billions of miles, and 
its circumference is more than three times its diameter. 

The Zodiac is a zone or girdle of stars, sixteen degrees 
in breadth, extending quite around the heavens, and includes 
all the stars and planets within eight degrees on either side 
of the ecliptic, which is the plane of the earth's orbit, pro- 
duced to the Zodiacal Belt, and represents the apparent path 
of the sun through the heavens. 

All the planets revolve around the sun within the 
breadth of the starry tire of this great Zodiacal wheel. It 
has twelve constellations, each represented by a sign of 



28 INFINITE ENERGY. 

thirty degrees, making 360 degrees measured on the great 
circle of the ecliptic. The names of these signs are : Aries, 
the Ram, Taurus, the Bull, Gemini, the Twins, Cancer, 
the Crab, Leo, the Lion, Virgo, the Virgin, Libra, the 
Balance, Scorpio, the Scorpion, Sagitarius, the Archer, Cap^ 
ricornus, the Goat, Aquarius, the Water Bearer, Pices, the 
Fishes. 

These signs correspond to the twelve months of the 
year, beginning with Aries, which represents March ; Tau- 
rus, April; Gemini, May ; Cancer, June ; Leo, July; Virgo, 
August; Libra, Septe??tber ; Scorpio, October; Sagitarius, 
November; Capricornus, Dece?nber ; Aquarius, January ; 
Pices, February, as they are marked on the maps. 

Owing to the precession of the equinoxes these signs 
change to different months of the year. 

Hipparchus informs us that twenty-three centuries ago 
the constellation Aries occupied the first sign in the ecliptic, 
commencing at the vernal equinox. But as the earth falls 
back 50 seconds on the equinox every revolution around the 
sun, the constellations have advanced in the ecliptic about 31 ° 
beyond the first sign. The Fishes now occupy the same 
place in the Zodiac that Aries did in the time of Hip- 
parchus, and Aries is now in the sign Taurus, and all are 
advanced one sign. 

As shown, the earth falls behinds 50 seconds ever}' 
year as it revolves around the sun. At this rate of 
recession, the earth would pass through one sign of 



EPILOGUE. 29 

30 in 2,160 years. There are twelve signs, 12*2,160=25,- 
920 years for one revolution of the Zodiac. Every one of 
the twelve signs then will pass through the vernal equinox 
in the time of one revolution. 

Discoveries of Zodiacs in the ancient toombs of Egypt 
indicate a very remote period, for the sign Leo was repre- 
sented in the vernal equinox. The sign Pices is in the 
vernal equinox now, and Leo is five signs ahead of Pices — 
2,160 years for one sign, five signs equal 10,800 years, 
since the Zodiac was placed in the Egyptian toombs. 

It appears the Zodiac was used by the ancient Egyp- 
tians to indicate ' the time of the ruling dynasties. Thus 
the scholar by the aid of this science is prepared to 
estimate the magnitudes, distances and characters of the stars 
and interpret the legends, written on the tablets of ancient 
nations. 

And thus the heroic figures painted upon the signs of 
this giant wheel exploit the character, learning and history 
of the nations and people of the earth at the time they were 
made. And as this mighty wheel makes one grand revolu- 
tion in 25,920 years, and as one sign after another is 
brought to view and displays its records, the astronomer is 
prepared to read its history and interpret its times, seasons 
and years, and determine the chronology of the events ob- 
served. 



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II. 

LIGHT OF THE AGES. 

As one searches for the origin of power or energy in 
the domain of nature, however liberal and thorough the in- 
vestigation- may be in the various departments of physical 
and metaphysical philosophy, as hitherto accepted ; still the 
glamour of uncertainty and the hypotheses of mystical specu- 
lations, are invariably presented to the mind. 

Neither the history of the ancient magi, who held the 
key to the wisdom of the ages, nor the religious legends 
and lore of the ancient cabalistic records, nor the savants, 
who have searched through the curriculum of science for the 
reason why, nor the psychic sages, who have consulted the 
horoscope of time, to predict the destinies of nations, neither 
prophet, priest, nor king; not one, nor all of these great 
characters, or the records they have made, have been able 
to set the gates ajar, so the great book of nature could be read 
or her mysteries explained to a world earnestly seeking the 
truth. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 3 1 

But while the ages are rolling on, every year 
adds a new page to the records that are made by the sweep 
of the centuries through the cycles of time, that helps to make 
up and complete the great volume of the history of a world, 
that helps to reveal and execute the laws that instruct and 
guide the people, and that describes the mechanism of a 
universe. 

It is quite true, that there have been a few bright lights 
that have blazed forth like wandering stars in the centuries 
past. And for a time they have promised much good, and 
have left some results, that have benefited a world still in 
darkness as to the great questions of nature's economies. 

But, for the want of proper data and proper effort, they 
did not accomplish what they desired and failed to reach 
the end they sought. 

But while one notes the failure of others in the past to 
glean the true ideas from the field of thought and specula- 
tion, it would seem now that there is an abundance of evi- 
dence to be gathered from the vintage of time that may be 
stored for future use, to coin new ideas and form new systems 
of thought and establish new lines of progress, which may 
open up broader fields for investigation and elaborate correct 
views on the great questions of the present day. 

But as one studies the physical and and psychical laws 
of the human race, as found in physiology, or examines the 
affinities and combinations of solids, liquids and gases, or the 
imponderable agents as observed in chemistry, or by the 



32 INFINITE ENERGY. 

aid of the microscope seeks the myriads of millions of in- 
finitesimal life fonnd in matter everywhere, or searches for 
the history of the sea, earth or air as shown in the ancient 
records of geology, or by the aid of the telescope counts, 
measures and weighs the worlds, suns and systems of a 
universe, or if one swings through the curriculum of 
science and carefully examines all the phenomena found, 
searching for all its properties, characters and conditions, he 
invariably arrives at one conclusion ; viz., that there is one 
Infinite, Universal and Eteriial Energy. 

Infinite in power and resource. 

Universal in dispersion and habitation. 

Eternal in duration of existence. 

This energy comprehends all power, executes all work 
and produces all phenomena^ by which one judges of its 
character. 

And this conclusion, on our part, is reached after years 
of diligent study and research, adhering strictly to the 
lines of rational and systematic thought, as indicated in 
scientific investigation, at all times discarding empirical and 
dogmatical ideas as unworthy of attention and relying on 
fact and phenomena to establish the views expressed. 

And while, in some respects, our ideas may be novel, 
not heretofore considered by others, yet we have given them 
with a fair and unbiased judgment and believe them to be 
the coming sentiments of scientific knowledge. 

We may not follow the conventionalities of scientific 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 33 

research in all respects, for we cannot sympathize with 
many of the views and studies which are now considered as 
exact science. 

Many theories and statements have been unified into 
book form and flung to the world as great discoveries, soon 
to be forgotten for lack of truth. 

With due respect for the opinions of the past, we are 
rather inclined to consider nature as we find her, treating 
her forces and phenomena in a common sense way, without 
strained conditions and without enigmatical platitudes to 
explain very simple laws as we observe them when invest- 
igated. 

It is a trite remark that it is difficult for the human 
mind to transcend experience. One who has always lived 
in a comparatively unchanged environment will never believe 
in a different state of things until taught by some fresh 
experience. 

One object in the present work is to direct the public 
mind to both old and new premises. As new facts and new 
discoveries are evolved they need elimination from the mass 
of topics considered and new studies, new experiments and 
new conclusion will be affirmed. 

There are many questions and subjects before the pub- 
lic mind at the present time relating to nature's economy 
that, in the opinion of the writer, are ready for a change 
of views, which may result in more exact science. 



34 INFINITE ENERGY. 

EPOCHS OF DISCOVERY. 

How long a time elapsed before it was brought borne to 
men tbat tbe testimony of tbe unaided senses needs to be 
corrected by systematic observation and reasoning? 

From this point of view and from others also the revo- 
lution in astronomical theory, effected by Copernicus, was 
one of the greatest events of human history. Its philo- 
sophic consequences were profound. It teaches the necessity 
of going back of superficial appearances and subjecting 
crude opinions to some critical test ; it was an object lesson 
of unsurpassed value. 

This system was first taught by the Greek philosopher 
Aristarchus of Samos in the third century before Christ. 

It was long rejected and considered obsolete until 
Nicholas Copernicus, a Prussian astronomer, reviewed it, and 
he has since been considered its founder. He was born A. 

D. 1473 an d died A. D. 1543. 

About the same time arose the adventures of sea-faring 
enterprises, and the remarkable oceanic discoveries with 
their astounding results from Columbus down to Cook and 
Magellan enlarging four fold the dimensions of the world. 

Then came Newton with his discoveries in astronomy, 
in which generalization from terrestrial physics was extended 
to the celestial spaces, but only partially verified. 

There was an immense enlargement of the mental 
horizon and the problems immediately connected with it 
were enough to occupy the attention of all the foremost 
mathematical minds for a century. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 35 

Newton proved that the forces which kept the planets in 
their orbits are not strange or supernatural forces ) but just 
such forces as we are familiar with on this earth every 
moment of our lives. 

In geology mountains and plains, land and water have 
varied greatly, in which, soils and climates have undergone 
most complicated vicissitudes in which the earth's animal 
and vegetable products have again and again assumed new 
forms, while the old forms have passed away. 

Lyell proved the same forces, around us now, produced 
all the changes on the earth by slow processes. 

For "the continual droping wears away the stone." 

Then came Franklin with his kite in the air, testing 
the powers of nature and Faraday with his magnets and 
dynamos lighting and running the industries of the world 
and Morse with his telegraph, talking to the nations of the 
earth. 

And the development of the so-called imponderable 
agents in the last half century has wrought a marvelous 
revolution in mechanical processes, in terrestrial dynamics 
and in human achievements. The intelligent mind is now 
convinced of their reality and usefulness in the development 
cf phenomena and now believes they can be explained. 

And as Copernicus dicovered the system of the cosmos that 
containes the great worlds, so Newton revealed the force bv 
which they are governed, and Lyell tells us how they are 
built up and formed into beautiful globes of light. 



36 INFINITE ENERGY. 

GRAND EVENTS. 

And thus dicoveries and experimental research have 
progressd till now, nations speak and salute each other over 
the great oceans, and lightning flies from crag to mountain 
tops, leaps across a continent and belts the earth six times 
in a second, and the dynamo whirls the factor's wheel for 
every industry in the land, and a world is illumed by 
nature's own glorious light. 

And the same grand force generates the life and light 
for the physical form and mental vision of every being 
upon the earth, and moves, whirls and lights the great 
worlds in the heavens. 

In view of these astounding facts and statements the 
student is encouraged in his researches and the philosopher 
is established in his diagnosis of the problems that are pre- 
sented for consideration and to be solved according to the 
facts and processes of modern philosophy. 

GREAT SEA OF PHENOMENA. 

And as we observe the great sea of phenomena above 
and around us, which is presented to our view, and study 
its properties and analyze its laws and solve the enigma of 
its nature, we are allured onward from the social stratum of 
common life to the more elevated plains of cultivated 
thought. We advance to the hill sides and from them to 
the mountain tops of scientific lore, where we may view an 
intellectual light through the mists of the ages, which shall 
increase in brightness until it enlightens the world. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 37 

And when by the aided eye we direct onr vision away 
into the star depths and observe the extent of a single star 
system and note its, apparently, limitless distances and 
its magnificent bonndaries and thns contemplate the im- 
mensity of the whole universe and attempt to draw lines 
of thought commensurate with the subject, the mind is 
amazed, astonished and overwhelmed with the grandeur 
and the glory of the objects presented to our view. And 
as we survey the starry hosts and observe their times, 
seasons and years, their numbers, magnitudes and distances, 
and as we note the progress of science in every depart- 
ment of knowledge the wonder is that the philosopher has 
accomplished such a mighty work in the discovery and 
analysis of the phenomena catalogued in his records. 

But with his best efforts, with all the aid that science 
can give him, the amount of knowledge that has been 
gained thus far is comparatively small in view of the great 
fields in the arcanum of nature yet to be investigated. 

But so wise is the constitution of things that the in- 
quiring spirit must ever find some desire unsatisfied, some 
secret entity unrevealed, some land undiscovered to the 
visions of genius. 

And yet the searching mind moves on from conquest 
to conquest, the theme allures him on by all the mystery 
of the promised future and all the sublime glory now pos- 
sessed. 

In making this search his implements are drawn from 
the armory of heaven, the domain is wide as the universe. 



38 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Many of the great problems of nature have been solved, 
the world is no longer a mystery, but a museum of revealed 
facts. 

To prove these triumphs in the latter days when all 
the lights of former times are concentrated upon us let the 
young student adjust the powers of his microscope and turn 
towards the lower orders of creation. 

In the field of chemistry let him count the numbers 
and measure the size of the molecules in a cubic inch of 
gas, let him number the particles thrown off a single grain 
of musk for twenty years without deminution of size, or 
number the vibrations of light waves in a second of time 
and measure their wave lengths, let him tell the number of 
living microbes in the human body and investigate the 
number and minuteness of the animal shells that compose 
the chalk beds, or measure the mist}^ particles of the storm 
cloud. 

Again he harnesses light to his telescope and turns 
toward the heavens, he commences his flight, he passes the 
Moon, Mercury and Venus, compasses the circle of the Sun, 
passes Jupiter with his belts, and Saturn with his rings 
and satellites, goes beyond Orion and the Pleiades till he 
penetrates the milky way and then he pauses and wonders 
to find each particle a living star. 

Again he examines the clustered Nebulae, separates 
them into single orbs, and returning to his study he writes 
all these mysterious phenomena in the catalogue of human 
knowledge. 



LIGHT OF THE AGE3. 39 

He ascends again, passes suns, stars and nebulae till 
standing on the verge of distant creation, he sees with the 
eye of his spirit this whole system of ours, suns, planets and 
satellites. 

"Hanging in a golden chain this pendent world in 
bigness as a star of smallest magnitude." 

This ascent of physical science through the material 
world has been but the type of ascending night of the 
human mind through the realms of knowledge. It is the 
conquest of mind over matter. 

The spirit has gone forth chainless as the mountain 
air, free as the beams of morning light. 

The dark ignorance of savage life is gone and now 
man with mature intellect comes to erect the temples of 
liberty on the verdure crowned hills of enlightened civil- 
ization. 

The frown, once placed on the brow of nature, is re- 
moved. The stars no longer shoot terrors across the hori- 
zon, the sun no longer veils his face in anger, though 
darkened by an eclipse. 

We stand high on the vantage ground of knowledge. 
Light smiles out from every wandering orb, and eternal 
beauty rests on all the works of God. 



40 INFINITE ENERGY. 

RATIONAL AND EMPIRICAL PHILOSOPHY. 

The age is highly progressive and nothing escapes the 
searching investigation of the hnman mind. 

, " The adventures of the gods, the inventions of men, 
the exploits of heroes and the fancies of poets are recorded 
in the journals and magazines of the day and analyzed in 
the crucible of the critic and the pure gems of thought 
freed from the errors of unlettered scribes, and the must of 
ages, are garnered into the archives of the world's history. 

In literature, art and science the intellect has evoluted 
from a mere point, like a star gem in the skies, to the 
magnitude of a whirling world. 

The grasp of ideas, and the skill, ability and energy 
showing how they are used and applied, demonstrate the 
fact that the intellect of the race is endued with marvelous 
power. 

The development of fact and fiction in the plots and 
themes of writers of the present day, the history, biography 
and news of the daily press were never more elaborate and 
bolder in their expression, never more self-reliant and defi- 
ant than now. 

The creations of beauty and grandeur and the sublime 
conceptions of works of art in our studios were never ex- 
celled. 

The minuteness of particles and the affinities of chemis- 
try, which reveal the material of which worlds are made and 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 4 1 

the laws by winch they are governed, is demonstrated by 
experimental research. 

And the manner in which these materials are arranged 
and combined is explained by geology. 

The magnificent display of worlds, snns and systems, 
observed as we snrvey the bonndless expanse of the star 
depths, is revealed by the telescope and explained on the 
pages of astronomy. 

The elevation of the race from human bondage and 
barbaric society to the condition of enlightened free men is 
now guaranteed by the ^Egis of the bird that represents the 
American Republic. 

The human mind, freed from the pall of ignorance and 
superstition, which banished intelligent thought from the 
public weal and which was dominated by the teaching of 
the cabalistic creeds of an ancient hierarchy, may now 
rejoice in the halls of learning and drink at the fountain 
of eternal truth, and every one capable and worthy may to- 
day dwell in the temple of civil and religious liberty and 
enjoy all the rights and blessings of a regenerated race. 

All these statements and conditions of cultured develop- 
ment prove that the enlightened world is making gigantic 
strides in general progress and is marching on amid the 
triumphs of an intellectual conquest far beyond the dream 
of human thought. 

In view of these grand achievements of the human in- 
tellect and the grand work accomplished by the nations of 



42 INFINITE ENERGY. 

the earth and tile renown they merit and enjoy for their 
discoveries in science, art and industries, there are yet 
questions to be solved, errors to be corrected and mistakes 
to be rectified in the formulas and processes that are adopted 
in the practice of almost every profession of life, in science 
hygiene, religion, politics, society and the occult. 

In all these departments of knowledge there are lapses 
from the truth in theory and practice by the professional 
devotee that surprise and puzzle the profound thinkers upon 
these topics. 

But the diligent student of nature never wearies in his 
search for the reason why, and the phenomena, hitherto 
unexplained, now enter nature's great laboratory, and the 
search continues until the mystery is solved. 

By the aid of superior instruments new discoveries have 
been made, new processes have been used, new delineations 
have been outlined and the proof is at hand, and the cata- 
logues of scientific discoveries are greatly enlarged. 

But in all branches of learning there is much labor 
required to verify facts. 

Varied opinions have often been expressed upon various 
topics in Astronomy, Meteorology and in Geology, especially 
upon the motions and laws of the planets, their light and 
heat, and the light, heat, photosphere and spots of the sun. 

In Meteorology different views are held as to the origin 
and nature of the atmosphere and the gases, the cause of 
evaporation, winds and storms and the phenomena of motion 
and life. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 43 

In Geology we have the origin of matter to discnss and 
its formation into masses, the processes of crystallization 
and the origin of rocks, earths, gems, air and water. 

All these topics have repeatedly been under the rigid 
investigation of the scientist's pen and varied conclusions 
have been the result. Many of these conclusions are, in 
the opinion of the writer, foreign to the truth. 

The nature of the elements and attributes of these phe- 
nomena have been difficult to seek out, and many empirical 
conclusions have been reached without giving the reason 
why. 

Sir Isaac Newton gave the precedent for this mode of 
research when he undertook to establish the law, of inversely 
as the square of the distances for the dispersion of light, heat 
and gravity, which he elaborately set forth in his Principia. 

This law is true as to local and radiant bodies, but it 
is not true as to distant and insulated bodies. 

Newton acknowledged his failure for the want of proper 
data and claimed to partly cover his difficulty by naming 
two motions — centripetal, tending to the centre ; centrifugal, 
tending from the centre. 

He also, to be consistant, claimed that the sun was a 
hot body, with a temperature of more than three million 
degrees of heat. 

This temperature he deemed necessary in order that 
the sun's light and heat might reach the earth and other 
planets in the solar system by radiation. 



44 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Other writers since Newton have deemed it necessary 
that the sun's temperature shonld be mnch higher in order 
to coincide with Newton's theory. 

Bnt let ns consider a moment. 

The extreme distances of the planets from the sun 
range from Mercury, the nearest, at thirty-six million miles, to 
Neptune, the farthest, at less than three billion miles. 
These are pretty long distances for light and heat to be 
radiated from any body, large or small, and this view is 
emphasized when we consider the enormons weight of the 
great globes and the force necessary to control them in 
their orbits. (See chapter on Snn's Bnergy.) 

How mnch light, heat or energy radiated from the snn 
would reach Neptune? 

John Tyndall says : That heat radiated from the sun 
inversely as the square of the distances would render the 
planets frigid. — Heat a mode of motion. 

John Tyndall was one of the ablest writers known, on 
cosmical physics. 

And he was right. His views on this question as on 
many others were sound and safe in a scientific sense. 

Again, the sun is composed of matter in some form, 
either solid, liquid or gaseous. Many writers are of opinion 
that the last is the correct one. But it matters not what 
the form is, for it could not exist in any form in such an 
excited temperature. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 45 

The hardest substances known to the chemist are 
vaporized at a temperature from two thousand to four 
thousand degrees. The highest artificial heat practical 
is used in separating the metal Aluminum, which re- 
quires a temperature of 6,000 degrees. The difference be- 
tween the temperature of these conditions and that of the 
supposed temperature of the sun is enormous and can not 
be accepted according to any known law's of physics, and 
this hypothesis can only be considered as an empirical 
dictum forced upon the mind by the unexplained phenomena 
observed on the sun. 

Note — In a subsequent number of this work, under the head of Solar Physics, these 
subjects are more fully elaborated, new premises are presented, and the reason why is given. 

MEDICAL SCIENCE. 

In medical science there has been a wide field of dis- 
cussion on the topics of hygiene and pathology from the 
earliest history until now. 

But it has long been a question among eminent men 
whether medical practice has been any benefit to mankind 
as a healing art. 

That some of the most absurd treatments for ailments 
were practiced in former times by men who stood foremost 
in the world's activities is true. And the wisest ones of 
the profession announce their doubts as to the efficacy of 
medication as practiced even at the present day. 

For generations the fathers have learned by experiment, 
often by the sacrifice of life, that certain remedies gave cer- 
tain results and the sons following in the same line con- 



46 INFINITE ENERGY. 

tinued the same practice, because their fathers did the same 
before them ; neither father nor son knowing the reason why 
the remedy produced the results expected. 

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, now deceased, lecturer in 
Harvard Medical School, says : With the exception of mor- 
phine and sulphuric ether I firmly believe that if the 
whole Meteria Medica could be sunk in the bottom of the 
sea it would be all the better for mankind — and all the 
worse for the fishes. 

Dr. Jacob Bigelow, professor in Harvard University, 
says : The premature death of medical men brings with it 
the humiliating ^conclusion that while the other sciences have 
been carried forward within our own time and almost under 
our own eyes, to a degree of unprecedented advancement, 
medicine, in regard to some of its professed and important 
objects, the cure of disease, \s still an ineffectual speculation. 

Dr. Chapman, professor in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, says : Nowhere is the imagination displayed to a 
greater extent, and perhaps, so ample an exhibition of 
human invention, might gratify our vanity if it were not 
more than compensated by the humiliating view of so much 
absurdity, contradiction and falsehood. 

Dr. Mason Good, late learned professor in London, says : 
The science of medicine is an unintelligible jargon and the 
effects of our medicine on the human system are in the 
highest degree uncertain, except, indeed, that they have 
already destroyed more lives than war, pestilence and famine 
combined. 



LIGHT OF THE AGES. 47 

Dr. J. Abercrombie, fellow of the Royal Society, Eng- 
land, says : Medicine has been called by philosophers the 
art of conjecturing — the science of guessing. 

Sir Astly Cooper said: That more barm than good is 
done by medication. 

Tbomas Carlyle says : It yields a money result only. 

Voltaire says : The art of medicine consists in amus- 
ing the patient wbile nature cures the disease. 

Tbese facts are a bold and stinging arraignment of a 
profession by its own devotees, especially, one as widely 
known as the Healing Art. 

Many lives have been sacrificed by the malpractice of the 
skilled physician. But it was not on account of any fault 
or intention on the part of the individual, but it was the 
errors of the Professional Technique that took the life of 
the patient. 

The whole profession has been characterized as experi- 
mental from Esculapius down to the present day. 

It proves that very little has been accomplished by 
rational processes, but much has been done by empirical 
travesties to the injury of a suffering world. 




III. 



SPECTRUM OF NATURE. 

In the contemplation of the economy of nature, in the 
revelation of her mysteries and in the accomplishment of 
her designs, as conceived in the earth and universe, through 
the activity of cosmical processes, as observed in our re- 
searches, two potentials are evoluted, elaborated and re- 
vealed to human knowledge, 

MATTER AND ENERGY. 

These are primordial conditions and both matter and 
energy are essential to the existence of the cosmos. 

Both potentials - occupy the cosmos conjointly in either 
a dense or diffused state and generate phenomena by one 
effort, acting in unity. 

Both are natural, inherent, infinite in extent and eternal 
in duration. 

Not one atom of matter or one unit of energy is ever 
lost. 



MATTER AND ENERGY. 49 

These unified potentials have been erroneously called 
by different names. Each name representing a single func- 
tion, as an Essence, an Ether, a Plasm, a Medium. While 
the potentials proper have many functions. 

A few writers upon these topics — Sir William Thomp- 
son, Sir Oliver Lodge et al — have included both matter 
and energy, in one universal Medium or Energy. They 
hold : that in the course of cosmical processes matter 
is evoluted into separate conditions from the energy, either 
as integral units, or molecules, or massed into organic or 
inorganic forms. But we have chosen to treat them mainly 
as integral, for that is the first form in which we know 
either of them. When unified as one energy they are un- 
known quantities. Therefore, we speak of them as we find 
them in both the integral and unified forms. 

In the interpretation of the properties and characteristics 
of the energy we can present here only a few of the more 
leading topics. The more important, especially the elements^ 
of matter and attributes of energy are elaborated in their 
proper places in the different parts of the work. 

And in speaking of the elements and attributes we 
may use the more comprehensive term energy, to represent 
them both. 

ENERGY DEFINED. 

The interpretation of Energy, as often used in this 
work, signifies an agent, actor, or doer, that possesses power 
and capacity to perform work. 



50 INFINITE ENERGY. 

It comprehends the attributes and functions represented 
in the manifestations by natural forces. 

All these manifestations, by similar processes, exhibit 
natural phenomena, generated by one agent, one Energy, 
operating in differential environments, in differential media, 
with differential degrees of power, force and motion. It has 
capacity, for moving matter by strain, for causing motion 
against resistance. 

It generates forces, executes work and displays grand 
phenomena. 

It originates material, organizes it into form, endues it 
with force and motion, projects it into activity, controls and 
operates all natural bodies. 

Thus Energy is a general term, used in a liberal sense, 
and includes all the meaning implied in the highest, grandest 
and most powerful manifestations of nature's marvelous 
forces. 

It includes the subjective and objective, the attecedent 
and consequent, the cause and effect of natural phenomena 
and comprehends all the varied forms of natural power, force 
and motion. 

Briefly stated, the functions of the Energy are to gen- 
erate power, force and motion, to mould and shape matter 
into typical forms and to endue it with life. 

At the same time motion, form, sound, heat and light 
are attendant phenomena, which are evoluted by the pro- 
cesses of the Energy while doing its work. 



MATTER AND ENERGY. 5 1 

And the manifestations of these processes are all graded 
according to the medium or kind of matter, the Energy is 
required to act upon and according to the environment in 
which it is found. 

The field in which the Energy operates and elaborates 
its processes is as broad and unlimited as the cosmos. For 
the Energy is infinite in extent, infinite in duration, power 
and intelligence. 

FUNCTIONS OF MATTER. 

Matter affords mediums and bodies for the creation and 
display of various phenomena, to equip worlds and systems 
of worlds, to occupy a place in the Universal Cosmos. 

All writers upon cosmical topics agree, that what is 
known as the interstellar medium, which is considered as 
an example of the most attenuated form of matter, is com- 
posed of atoms and molecules, and it is also agreed by 
able writers, as we show later, that an atom is a point of 
substance, clothed with a garment of force and indued with 
intelligence, and that two or more atoms form a molecule. 
These are conditions essential to the existance of any sub- 
stance. 

Then Matter indued with Energy constitutes a medium 
and when there is a medium there may be phenomena. 
And, moreover, there is no medium and, consequently, 110 
phenomena without the combination or union of the two 
potentials — Matter and Energy — in every environment in 
which they act. 



52 INFINITE ENERGY. 

This may be further shown by the vacuum tube, if the 
tube approaches a perfect vacuum no phenomena of any 
kind appears. It is totally dark and void, like chaos. 
Neither light, heat nor motion can be produced in it, or 
can pass through it. But the moment the slightest medium 
of any kind of matter is passed into it and a current of 
electricity is sent through it then light, heat and motion 
are present. 

We conclude then that matter forms the medium or 
basis of all phenomena when acted upon by the energy. 
And we have shown that there can be no phenomena of 
any kind unless matter and energy both are acting or 
operating in the same environment. 

Then Form, Sound, Heat, Light and Life are all 
manifestations of matter, for neither will appear unless 
matter is present. 

To elaborate the combinations and dissolutions of these 
two potentials, then, is one object of this effort. 

VISIONS OF A UNIVERSE. 

In the general survey of the character and attributes 
of the energy it may be desirable to become partially ac- 
quainted with its habitat, to learn the extent of its opera- 
tions, to observe its functions, to study its processes in the 
broadest fields, to seek for its highest and grandest activities 
that may be discovered in the cosmos. 



STORY OF THE STARS. 53 

And when one has obtained a glimpse of the magnitude 
of this field of vision he will be the more ready to work 
and wonder while he searches for the ultimate origin, cause 
and character of the phenomena observed. 

INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. 

As before stated, most writers upon cosmical topics 
concede the fact of the existence of an Interstellar Medium. 
As to the nature and character of this medium — a theme 
of wide and varied discussion — we will not now note in 
detail, later on we shall condense in a few paragraphs a 
concise consensus of opinion of this Medium and its 
character. 

Let it suffice here to say that the general opinion is, 
that its capacity is not equal to its environment, so far as 
now understood. 

But when its character is more completely revealed and 
its functions and attributes are better known it may then 
be considered a leading element in cosmical phenomena. 

It is the medium that carries the Firemist or world 
stuff, and in which float the cloudy masses of ethereal 
matter that supply the meteoric showers, the nebulae and 
the great globes that swing and vibrate throughout space. 

FORMS OF MATTER. 

Many able writers are of opinion that the original or 
first form of all matter was gaseous. 

The spectroscope proves that space is occupied by 
gaseous substances. 



54 INFINITE ENERGY. 

That meteoric Clouds, Comets, and many of the Nebulae 
are of this form, even the Sun, by some, is believed to be 
only a gaseous bubble. (See Art, the Sun). And there are 
strong evidences that would seem to prove that the larger 
planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn, with their belts and 
rings and their cloudy conopies, are still in the formative 
or gaseous state. 

But it is possible and, indeed, probable that when we 
view these great orbs through the telescope we look upon 
their atmospheres — they certainly have atmospheres or else 
they would not shine — and their nucleus may still be dark 
and liquid, or solid, or both, like the earth and other 
planets. 

But the density of these globes, as we now know it, 
forbids the supposition that they may be solid. 

Distilled water is the standard of measurement of 
density for liquids and solids, as air is the standard for 
the gases. 

Water then is i and our earth, a solid body, is 5.6 times 
as heavy as water. 

But the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn are each only one- 
fourth or 1.4 as dense as our earth, about as dense as water 
slightly riled. But these orbs are all very large bodies 
and if they were gaseous they might equal one-fourth the 
earth's density. The smaller planets are denser and doubt- 
less inhabited by living beings in some form. 



STORY OF THE STARS. 55 

NEBULOUS THEORY. 

And if we accept the Nebulous Theory, which is the 
only rational explanation of cosmical processes, we are com- 
pelled to believe that the earth and other solid bodies, now 
floating in space, were at one time only gaseous bubbles. 

(In this number we shall not attempt to elaborate the 
processes of the energy to produce these results. Our ob- 
ject here is simply to show that these changes do occur. 
Later we shall explain them fully.) 

That these conditions exist in space and that the evo- 
lution of forms and substances is in constant procedure cannot 
be doubted. 

INFINITE SPACE. 

And it should be distinctly borne in mind that space is 
one grand environment, in which matter or substance exists 
in different states and in which it is moulded and shaped 
into form either gaseous, liquid or solid, and in which it 
continually abides. And that Fire Mist, Comets, Nebulae, 
Worlds, Suns and Systems are all floating, whirling and 
shining in their eternal rounds forever, and in this har- 
monious whole we have a completed cosmos or universe. 

Thus from a very minute and attenuated form of 
matter existing in the cosmic medium there grow mighty 
and ponderous masses of matter or substances into gaseous 
or solid forms. This Medium is not usually known as 
the 

FIRE MIST, 

but is often mentioned by writers as the Luminiferous Ether 



56 INFINITE ENERGY. 

of Space, for the reason that Comets and Nebnlae float 
in it and when they appear they shine and are lnminons. 

To illustrate some of the processes by which this world 
matter changes its form, let the inside of two tumblers be 
smeared by using a feather, one with muriatic acid, the 
other with ammonia. By keeping the tumblers separate there 
will arise from each glass an invisible gas, with a very 
pungent odor. 

When the glasses are brought close together the gases 
will unite, an odorless white cloud will appear over them 
and a precipitation follows and brings down a new salt or 
compound, known as Sal Ammoniac. 

Water at 212 ° Fahrenheit generates steam, a colorless 
and odorless medium. When steam is liberated it is imme- 
diately converted into a white vapor, and if the air is cold 
the vapor is precipitated into raindrops. 

Prof. John Tyndall says: But it is a fact that in the 
atmosphere we have particles of matter which defy the 
microscope and the balance which do not darken the air, 
but which exist nevertheless in countless multitudes sufficient 
to reduce to insignificance the Israelitish hyperbole, re- 
garding the sands upon the sea shore. 

These particles, doubtless, are brought into the atmos- 
phere by the explosion of meteoric vapors, brought down 
from ethereal space, and are identical with the cosmic dust 



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^miiiiii 



ANDROM 



STORY OF THE STARS. 57 

or Firemist, of which comets, nebulae and worlds are made. 
(See Olmsted in Burritt's Astronomy.) 

Prof. Proctor in his lectures in Steinway Hall, New 
York, says : When we take into account the meteors fall- 
ing we find that in the course of a year four hundred 
million of meteoric processes fall upon the earth and form 
a part of it. The computation we could make would make 
hundreds of thousands of tons. Thus it is that the earth 
grows, and though the increase is infinitely small compared 
with actual masses, yet through the countless years the 
earth has passed, no small power has been added to its 
growth. A large part of the earth must have accrued in 
in this particular way, through the enormous periods we 
have to deal with. 

This view seems to coincide with the opinion of many 
writers that the summer haze and smoky autumns and the 
floating dust of the air, supposed by some to be volcanic ashes, 
the colored and tinted snows and the dust clouds and masses 
gathered on the ruins of old cities come from Ethereal 
Space, settle in the air and are finally deposited upon the 
earth. 

Many of these cities have deposits several feet deep. 
The foundation walls of old Jerusalem were found twenty- 
six feet below the present surface. And the ruins of ancient 
Troy, Babylon and Nineveh were found much deeper. And 
it may be observed as a fact that in cit}^ or country there 
is a continual falling and precipitation of the Dust of Time. 



58 INFINITE ENERGY. 

And the casual observer has no idea from whence it comes, 
and yet it comes and comes continually and forever. 

This would corroborate the fact that there is a constant 
precipitation of cosmic matter upon the earth and doubtless 
upon the other planets, which is gathered up and held by 
them in their orbital sweeps through space. 

Again, when a storm centre is formed in the air the 
misty particles of vapor become condensed, forming clouds. 
And when the cloud has become saturated, the moisture is 
then precipitated upon the earth in the form of rain, which 
forms the rivers, lakes and oceans. 

In pools and sluggish streams, solid vegetable matter, 
rocky and alluvial soils are often dissolved and held in sus- 
pension for a time, but are finally precipitated upon the 
bottom and form laminated strata for new rocky formations. 

And the more rapid streams, with swift currents, erode 
their banks and wash down the soils and carry them to their 
mouths and precipitate the silt on the bottom of the sea, 
forming deltas. 

And the same cosmical matter of space rushes down 
upon the great seas and oceans and forms the viscous mass 
or plasm that broods the germ life of the sea and forms 
the basis of the germinal matter known as protoplasm found 
on sea bottoms the world over. Immense areas of this 
protoplasm have been discovered in many sea beds by ex- 
ploring expeditions. In space this matter gives form and 
light to fire mist and comets and upon the earth and in 
the sea it gives form, light and life. 



STORY OF THE STARS. 59 

ORIGIN OF WORLDS. 

And it is claimed by eminent writers that this cosmic 
plasm becomes condensed npon the earth and forms her 
atmosphere and the gases, and that from the condensation 
and combination of these gases the sea, earth and air are 
condensed liquidfied and solidified into permanent form and 
fitted for the abode of life. 

For out of this spacial plasm has been precipitated 
all the material that builds up the great globes and equips 
them for a journey through the skies. 

And as matter is found in the Interstellar Medium so 
it is found in the Atmospheric Medium, which envelopes the 
earth, and in the Oceanic Medium, which washes the earth 
from shore to shore. And in either environment the material 
is brought down and precipitated into solid and permanent 
form. And this is the principle process by which matter is 
moulded, shaped and grown into mighty worlds. 

The work moves slowly and requires an eternity of 
duration to build up a completed world. 

The processes of the Energy by which this grand work 
is accomplished will be described in a later number. 

FORMS OF NEBUI^E. 

The lighter forms of this world matter as seen through 
the telescope have the appearance of a cloud}" haze, bunched 
in great masses and extending over immense fields of 
space. This matter may assume various forms, as the 
globular, striated or disk like shape, with dark cave like 



60 INFINITE ENERGY. 

interiors and light surface and edges, shining by their own 
inherent light, the same as all large bodies in the cosmos, 
only not as brilliant, for the reason that their atmospheres 
are not completely formed and their mass is not as dense 
as other large bodies that shine. 

They appear to be in constant motion, moving in linear 
directions, but doubtless circling around some grand cosmic 
center, requiring ages of time to perform one revolution. 
(See plate.) 

They have a rotary motion on axial lines, and as they 
grow denser their motion increases and large portions of the 
unwieldy mass are bi-sected and thrown off from the parent 
mass, and this separated part also assumes motions of its 
own, both axial and orbital, around its parent mass. 

Thus these immense fields of cosmic matter, when con- 
densed into central masses, assume motions and are divided 
up into worlds, suns and systems, like our own, which we 
call the solar system, consisting of one sun, eight primary 
planets and twenty-two satellites or moons and about 300 
planetoids or small bodies between Mars and Jupiter. 

Many of these Nebulae are found in the constellations 
Cassiopeia, Orion, Hercules and the Swan. 

Many are attenuated in Mass, appearing like clouds in 
the Ether. Others are more condensed and older, giving 
bright light and appearing like planets or suns, but they still 
retain the nebulous condition. (See plate.) 



STORY OF THE STARS. 6 1 

VIA LACTEA. 

The second variety of Nebulae is found in great fields, 
like the Milky Way, which constitutes a firmament of itself. 

In this annular pathway around the sky, there are 
thousands of starry clusters of worlds and suns strung upon 
this golden belt. 

And many of these masses as far exceed our solar 
system in magnitude and splendor as the plane of the 
earth's orbit around the sun, which is 600,000,000 of miles 
in circumference, exceeds a mere point. 

And the luster of the light of these clusters comes to 
us billions of miles away through the dim vista of the 
mazy expanse of the starry concave and throws a glamour 
of vision over the observer, which we name Ether Clouds 
or Nebulae, as seen by the unassisted eye. 

.But when the telescope is directed toward these im- 
mense fields of space, what appeared to be a thin cloudy 
mass of vapor is changed, as by magical vision, into 
spangled gems set in coronets and diadems of gold in the 
far off star depths. 

The fixed star, which we call our sun, belongs to that 
extensive system of Nebulae, the Milky Way, and although 
apparently at such an immeasurable distance from its fellows 
is, doubtless, as near to any one of them as they are to 
each other. 

It appears from numerous observations that various 
changes are taking place among the Nebulae, that several 



62 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Nebulae are formed by the dissolution of larger ones, and 
are detaching themselves from the Milky Way. 

" These changes seem to indicate that mighty move- 
ments and vast operations are continually going on in the 
distant regions of the Universe upon a scale of magnitude 
and grandeur which baffles the human understanding. 
Many thousands of these Nebulae have been observed and 
if each contains as many stars as the Milky Way many 
hundred millions of stars must exist, even in that portion 
of the heavens which lies open to our observation." 

Thus when viewed by the telescope the heavens pre- 
sent a very different appearance than when viewed by the 
naked eye, for new fields of starlit space are presented to 
our view. What appeared a thin cloudy mass of vapor 
proves to be a cluster of millions of bright gems, which 
may be resolved into worlds and suns, many of them much 
larger than our own. 

FIXED STARS. 

As to the number, magnitude and distance of the stars 
nothing can be definitely and accurately known. But we 
can safely say that their number is countless, their magni- 
tude immense and their distance beyond computation. 

An eminent writer says : It has been computed that 
one hundred millions of stars which cannot be discovered 
by the naked eye are now visible through the telescope. 
And yet this vast assemblage of worlds and suns may bear 
no greater proportion to what lies beyond the utmost 



STORY OF THE STARS. 63 

boundaries of human vision than a drop of water to the 
ocean, and if stricken out of being would be no more missed 
to an eye that could take in the Universe than the fall of 
a single leaf from the forest. 

Dr. Herschel informs us that when examining the 
Milky Way with his best glasses he saw and counted 588 
stars in a single spot without moving his telescope, and as 
the gradual rotary motion of the earth carried these out of 
view and introduced others successively in their places, while 
he kept his telescope steadily fixed to one point there passed 
over his field of vision in the space of one quarter of an 
hour no less than one hundred and sixteen thousand stars; 
and at another time in forty-two minutes no less than two 
hundred and fifty-eight thousand. In all parts of the Milky 
Way he found the stars unequally dispersed and appearing 
to arrange themselves into separate clusters. In one small 
space in Cygni the stars seem to be clustering in two 
divisions, each division containing upwards of two hundred 
and sixty-five thousand stars. 

In a space one yard in breadth and six in length he 
discovered fifty thousand stars large enough to be distinctly 
counted, and he suspected twice as many more which, 
for want of sufficient light in his telescope, he saw only 
now and then. 




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IV. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 

By the kindness of Air. C. H. Gallion , of the University 
of Chicago, the writer obtained a photograph of Yerkes' 
Telescope, as represented at the World's Fair, from which 
the illustration, here used, was produced; and permission 
was given to publish in whole or in part Prof. See's article 
on the Telescope, in the University of Chicago Weekly, as 
follows : 

THE YERKES TELESCOPE. 

As the Yerkes Telescope is the latest in design, and 
embodies the results of past experience in the construction 
and manipulation of great Telescopes, a short description of 
this instrument will doubtless be of interest. 

The glass for the great Telescope was cast in Paris by 
the celebrated firm of Mantois, and was originally intended 
for the University of Southern California, at Los Angeles. 
Owing to financial reverses the university never began the 
observatory. With the final result that Mr. Yerkes not 
only purchased the glass but provided for a complete ob- 
servatory of imposing grandeur. 

The great lens has 40 inches of clear aperture, is over 
three inches in thickness, and weighs over 750 pounds. 
Ths Yerkes 40 inch will therefore be considerably more 



STORY OF THE STARS. 69 

powerful than any telescope hitherto constructed, and if 
judiciously applied to the heavens can hardly fail to bring 
to light discoveries of priceless value. 

The great Telescope has been constructed by the cele- 
brated firm of Warner and Swasey of Cleveland, Ohio, and 
is regarded as the greatest of their many triumphs in the 
the manufacture of great Telescopes. The illustration will 
convey a better idea of the Telescope than any description, 
but a few figures may be of interest. 

The tube is of sheet steel, 42 inches in diameter at the 
objective end, 52 inches in diameter at the middle, and 
weighs 6 tons. The pier is of cast iron, and stands about 
44 feet in height ; when the Telescope tube is pointed to 
the Zenith the glass is about y$ feet from the ground. The 
length of the tube is 64, and when the long spectroscope is 
adjusted the total length of the apparatus is nearly 70 feet. 
The dome will have a diameter of 80 feet, and a height of 
about 100 feet. The declination axis is 12 inches in 
diameter and 12 feet long and weighs lj4 tons ; the 
polar axis is 15 inches in diameter at the upper bearing. 12 
inches at the lower bearing, and weighs $% tons. 

The Telescope is manipulated entirely by electricity, 
and the astronomer at the eye-end b}^ simply pressing a 
button can move the instrument in any desired direction. 
The floor of the observatory will be raised by electric motor 
power, so that the observers can reach the eye-end of the 
Telescope without difficulty. It is understood that the great 



70 INFINITE ENERGY. 

Telescope will be used for observations which require great 
light-gathering power, such as measuring difficult double 
stars, observing faint satellites, nebulae and comets, and for 
the investigation of the spectra of the heavenly bodies. 
Smaller Telescopes and other apparatus will be provided for 
other lines of research. It will thus be seen that the Uni- 
versity of Chicago will have unequalled facilities for re- 
search in observational astronomy. 

It is gratifying to know that the Department of 
Astronomy is to be as strong in Mathematical Astronomy 
or Celestial Mechanics as it will be in the direction of 
practical observation. It is of course chiefly optical dis- 
coveries which are made with Telescopes ; the profounder 
discoveries of the physical cause of things, and the laws of 
their phenomena, can be made only by applications of 
mathematics involving intellectual powers of the highest 
order, and long continued training in the highest branches 
of analysis. It is chiefly by the application of analysis to 
astronomy that the science has reached its present exalted 
eminence among the physical sciences, and the present state 
of the planetary theories could never have been attained ex- 
cept by steadfastly following the paths struck out by Newton, 
Laplace and Leverrier. 




CELESTIAL ATLAS. 

The parts of this work, descriptive of Astronomical 
Topics, will be accompanied by a colored Celestial Atlas, 
size 24x26 inches, representing the Constellations of the 
heavens. It is highly illustrated by the weird and 
grotesque forms of the Mythological characters of the 
Ancients. 

It is artistic, methodical, scholarly and occupies a posi- 
tion difficult to fill by any other work of several times its 
cost. 

We have used a few of the figures with their descrip- 
tions as special illustrations — Virgo, Cassiopeia, Andro- 
meda, Orion, Gemini and Ursi Major. 

This Atlas is usually accompanied by a popular work 
known as Burritt's Astronomy. 

Both are published and for sale by Sheldon and Com- 
pany, New York, N. Y. 




72 INFINITE ENERGY. 

ursi major. (The Great Bear.) 

This constellation is on the Meridian in May. 

It is sitnated in the northern heavens near the North 
Pole and is readily distinguished from all others by means 
of a remarkable cluster of seven bright stars, forming what 
is familiarly termed the Dipper. 

A remarkable coincidence occurs in the recognition of 
this constellation. 

The priests of Belus and the Magi of Persia, the shep- 
herds of Chaldea and Phoenician navigators, the ancient 
American Aborigines, (The Iroquois), and the earliest Arabs 
of Asia were equally impressed with its remarkable outlines 
and gave to the same Constellation the name of " Great 
Bear". 

A line drawn through the two eastern stars of the 
Dipper points to the North Star. 

Megrez, at the junction of the handle, is used both on 
sea and land for important purposes. 

Of the visible stars five are of the second, two of the 
third and twice as many of the fourth magnitude. Several; 
of these stars shine with beautiful variegated colors, viz 
yellow, pale yellow, topaz yellow, white, brilliant white' 
emerald, purple, orange tint and cornelian. This part of 
the heavens is abundantly supplied with remarkable fields 
of nebulae and starry matter. No less than eight large 
masses appear, large, oval, eliptical and nucleated in shape. 

Note — The observer should reverse the maps from east to west, and hold them over- 
head so the top will be towards the north, excepting the polar maps. 

CASSIOPEIA. 

Cassiopeia is a beautiful Constellation lying eastward 
and opposite of the big Dipper, and may be readily distin- 



74 INFINITE ENERGY. 

guished by six bright stars in the form of the letter W — 
Caph, an important star in this letter, is directly opposite 
Megrez in the Dipper. It is the same distance from the 
Polar Star, and both lie in the Equinoctial Colure. 
Shedir, the highest star in the letter, is in Cassiopeia's 
breast. 

The position of Caph concerns the mariner and sur- 
veyor. 

It is used in connection with observations on the Polar 
Star for determining the latitude of places and for dis 
covering magnetic variations of the needle. 

It also helps to find the true pole of the heavens. For 
the North Polar Star is situated i° 31' from the true Pole, 
in the direction toward Caph. 

LOST STARS. 

Caph marks a spot on the starry heavens, rendered 
memorable as being the place of a lost star. Three hundred 
and twenty-two years ago a bright star shone 5 N. N. E. 
of Caph, where now is a dark void. 

" It is impossible," says Mrs. Somerville, " to imagine 
anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could 
be visible at such a distance." It was seen for sixteen 
months. Some astronomers imagined that it would re-appear 
again after 150 years, but it has never been discovered 
since. This phenomenon alarmed all the astronomers of the 
age who beheld it, and many of them wrote dissertations 
concerning it. 

TELESCOPIC OBJECTS. 

The Constellation of Cassiopeia contains many stars 
that are visible to the naked eye, of which four are of the third 




CASSIOPEIA 



j6 INFINITE ENERGY. 

magnitude and so situated as to form, with one or two smaller 
ones, the figure of an inverted chair. 

The stars in this group, as in all others, have beautiful 
variegated colors. 

There are several binary, double, triple, quadruple and 
other fine clusters and fields of brilliant stars. 

Cassiopeia is on the Meridian the 22nd of December, 
but may be seen in our latitude almost any season of the 
year. 

Its right ascension is 12 ° and its mean declination 
6o° N. 

ANDROMEDA. 

Andromeda is represented on the Celestial Atlas by 
the figure of a woman chained to a rock and is on the 
Meridian November 10th. It is immediately south of Cas- 
siopeia. 

Andromeda has a few. visible stars, three of the second 
magnitude and two of third, others are smaller. 

HISTORY. 

Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia, 
and mother of Andromeda. She was a queen of matchless 
beauty, and seemed to be sensible of it ; for she even boasted 
herself fairer than Juno, the sister of Jupiter, or the Nereides 
— a name given to the sea nymphs. This so provoked the 
ladies of the sea, that they complained to Neptune of the 
insult, who sent a frightful monster to ravage her coast, as 
a punishment for her insolence. But the anger of Neptune 
and the jealousy of the nymphs were not thus appeased. 
They demanded, and it was finally ordained that Cassiopeia 
should chain her daughter Andromeda, whom she tenderly 




ANDROMEDA 



78 INFINITE ENERGY. 

loved, to a desert rock on the beach, and leave her exposed 
to the fury of this monster. She was thus left, and the 
monster approached ; but just as he was going to devour 
her, Perseus killed him. 

ORION. 

Orion is a splendid Constellation. It lies midway be- 
tween the poles of the heavens, about 8° W. of the solstitial 
Colure and comes to the Meridian on the 23 rd of January 
It is represented on the Celestial Maps by the figure of a 
man in the attitude of assaulting the Bull or Taurus, 
which represents a near constellation. He has a sword in 
his belt, a huge club in his right hand and a lion's skin in 
his left, to serve for a shield. Four brilliant stars, in the 
form of a parallelogram intersected in the middle by the 
"EH and Yard", or belt, and sword form the outlines of 
Orion. The figure fronts north.* 

The names of the stars forming this figure are Rigel, 
a splendid star in the left foot on the west / Saiph is a star 
in the right knee S}4 ° east of Rigel ; Bellatrix is a star 
on the left shoulder ; Betelguese is a star on the right 
shoulder above Rigel. 

There is a little triangle in the head of Orion, and 
this forms another triangle with the stars in his shoulders. 

The "three stars" in his belt are also called the Bands 
of Orion. They point to the Hyades and Pleiades on one 
side and Sirius or Dog Star on the other. They measure 
3 in length and are used as the standard for measuring 
the distance of the stars. 

Mintaka, the northernmost star in the belt, is less than 
y 2 ° south of the Equinoctial, and when on the Meridian 
is almost exactly over the Equator. There is a row of stars 




ORION 



80 INFINITE ENERGY. 

of the fourth magnitude S. of the belt running diagonally 
towards Saiph, which forms the sword. This row is also 
called the Ell, because it is once and a quarter the length 
of the Yard or belt. 

West of Orion are eight stars, these point out the skin 
of the lion in his left hand. 

TELESCOPIC OBJECTS. 

There are many visible stars in this constellation, of 
which two are of the first magnitude, four of the second, 
three of the third and fifteen of the fourth. 

Orion is a rich field of star clusters and nebulae. 

The great Nebulas of Orion is the most conspicous in 
all the heavens. It is in the sword, below the middle star 
of the belt. R. A. 5 h., 27 m., 56 s., Dec. S. 5 30'. It 
has an immense opening through which stars and systems 
far beyond may be seen. (See map VIII, fig. 32, of Atlas. 

GEMINI. (The Twins.) 

Gemini is situated on the Ecliptic between Taurus and 
Cancer. 

Castor and Pollux, the names of the Twins, are repre- 
sented by two small systems of stars, and are known by 
two bright stars of the first and second magnitudes named 
Castor and Pollux in the head of the Twins about 4 apart. 

There are two stars of the second, three of the third 
and six of the fourth magnitude. Pollux has a periodic 
motion that gives a variable aspect from the first to the 
third magnitude, and Castor consists of two principle stars 
very close together, the less revolving around the larger one 
in 342 years and 2 months. 



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82 INFINITE ENERGY. 

VIRGO. (The Virgin.) 

Virgo is the sixth sign, east of Leo in the Ecliptic. It 
is a large Constellation and contains many fine stars, in- 
cluding one of the first, six of the third and ten of the 
fonrth magnitude. Its center is on the Meridian the 23rd 
of May. 

Spica Virginis is a beautiful star, very brilliant, and 
with Algorab S. W. in the Crow, and Denebola N. W., and 
Arcturus N. E. Three very brilliant stars of similar mag- 
nitude that form a large equilateral triangle pointing to the 
S. Arcturus, Denebola and Cor Caroli also form the Dia- 
mond of Virgo. 

The length of Virgo from Cor Caroli on the north to 
Spica Virginis on the south is 50 °. Its breadth extending 
from Arcturus on the east to Denebola on the west is 35/^°. 
Spica shines in solitary splendor with only one visible star 
near it. 

The moon's distance is known by noting the exact 
position of Spica, thereby determining the longitude at sea, 
for the benefit of navigators. (As the direction of Spica's 
observation is within the Moon's path and near the earth's 
orbit its situation is very favorable for such purpose.) Its 
right ascension is 199° and it is on the Meridian the 28th 
of May. 

The Constellation has several binary and triple stars 
and remarkably rich fields of Nebulae. (See map VIII, fig. 
48, Celestial Atlas. 

The famous Zodiac of Dendera, as we have already 
noticed, commences with the sign Leo, but another Zodiac, 
discovered among the ruins of Esne, in Egypt, commences 




VJRGO 
THE VIRGIN 



84 INFINITE ENERGY. 

with Virgo, and from this circumstance, some have argued, 
that the regular precession of the Equinoxes established a 
date to this at least 2,000 years older than that at Dendera. 

THE RED GLOW. 

That space is filled with magnetic dust particles, and 
that they sweep over the sun, earth and other planets seems 
to be amply proven. During the appearance of the colored 
suns from 1883 to 1886 there was great solar disturbance, 
says Henry C. Maine. On the first of September twenty 
new solar spots appeared and on that date there were seven 
groups and ninety-five spots, one of which was visible to 
the naked eye. There were cyclones of great energy in the 
equatorial sea at the time, and a captain of a dismasted 
vessel was one of the first observers of the strange lights 
in the sky. All the colors of the Solar Spectrum appeared, 
but the rose and red prevailed. These lights were observed 
all over the United States and Europe and along the earth's 
equator. — History Warner Observatory. 

The cause of these disturbances and colorations in the 
sun's and earth's atmospheres is owing to the presence of 
gaseous matter brought down from space and precipitated 
upon the sun and planets. 

Prof. C. A. Young says in his work on the sun, page 
207 : The observation of the eclipse of 1871 by Lockyer 
and others show that hydrogen in a feebly luminous condi- 
tion is found all around the sun and at a very great altitude 
— far above the ordinary range of prominences. 

Prof. Balfour Stewart, the eminent director of the 
Kew observatory says : That the magnetical and meteoro- 
logical processes of the earth are more pronounced when there 
are most sun spots. 




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86 INFINITE ENERGY. 

These views indicate a strong bond of sympathy be- 
tween snn storms and earth storms. 

MICROSCOPE, SPECTROSCOPE AND TELESCOPE. 

Fig. i shows the structure and form of the spectroscope. 
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra, 
particularly those produced by flames, in which different 
substances are volatilized, so as to determine, from the posi- 
tion of the spectral lines, the composition of the subtance. 
— Am. Journal of Science. 

Fig. i represents a large instrument made for the Kew 
Observatory. 

It has nine prisms and is used for discovering the 
properties of objects, both distant and near, by showing the 
character of the spectrum projected. 

Fig. 2 represents the Spectroscope applied to the 
Telescope. The small tube at the lower end of the Telescope 
is used to collect the light, which is received at the upper 
end of this tube and passes through it on to the prism at 
the other end. This tube is called the Collimator. 

The small Telescope at the eye of the observer is used 
to magnify the colors on the prisms, so they can be more 
readily analyzed. 

Fig. 3 represents a Microscope of the usual structure. 
The Microscope is a wonderful instrument ; by its powers 
man may discover the infinitesimal worlds beloAv, while 
with the Telescope he may search for magnificent worlds 
above. 

Note — Kew is one of the largest and best equipped institutions in the world for experi- 
menting in natural science, more especially for the analysis of magneto-electric phenomena. 



88 INFINITE ENERGY. 

VIA lactea. (Milky Way.) 

The star cluster known as the Milky Way is now 
recognized by astronomers as a complete system or universe. 
Dr. Herschel, after continued and thorough observation, 
approximately determined the shape, size and boundaries of 
this immense field of stars. 

It appears to be a circular disk-like form, presenting 
at different times perpendicular, oblique and horizontal views , 
as shown by the plate. 

Our sun with his family is located in this system, and 
it is supposed by some writers that he revolves around a 
common center, which requires a period of eighteen 
million years to perform one revolution. 

The stars in this cluster are all suns, and the nearest 
one to our sun is twenty million million miles distant ; and it is 
estimated that there are stars in this system that are five 
hundred times as far away. 

This is only one system among many thousands 
brought to view, by the aid of the Telescope, which im- 
presses the mind of the observer with the immensity of the 
universe. 

STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE. 

Fig. i, plate, represents what is supposed to be the 
structure of the universe. There are now discovered and 
catalogued about 4,000 clusters of stars like the Milky 
Way. Some are not as large, but they bear a general re- 
semblance. In these star clusters all the beautiful variegated 
colors of the solar spectrum are represented, and there are 
many systems of binary, triple and' other numbers of stars 
often observed revolving around each other. In the celestial 




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90 INFINITE ENERGY. 

spaces of these clusters there are immense fields of nebulas 
or starry matter with formative processes of evolutions, con- 
volutions and gyratory motions that condense and solidify 
them into worlds, suns and systems. The spaces of the 
starry systems are also occupied by hosts of comets and 
meteors that sweep from one boundary to another of these 
immense clusters, passing over a distance of billions of miles 
in a single journey through the skies. 

THE GREAT NEBULA IN MONOCEROS. (Unicorn.) 

This interesting nebula is a nova, discovered some 
fifteen years ago, while comet seeking with the 4^ inch 
telescope. One very fine night, before the appearance of 
the red sunset phenomena, the 16-inch refractor showed it 
as eliptical with a center of condensation at each foci, as 
roughly represented in fig. 1, which was sketched for and 
published in the Sidereal Messenger. 

THE SWAN OR HORSESHOE NEBULA 

Proves to be a most wonderful object for study. It is in 
the Milky Way, a region which, though rich in star clusters, 
yields very few nebulae. It is No. 4403 of General Catalogue 
and 17 of Messier's. Its approximate R. A. is 18 h. 14 
m., Dec. — 16 13'. 

SECONDARY TAIL TO PONS-BROOKS' COMET. 

This comet presented many curious freaks, but its most 
interesting feature was a secondary tail of peculiar shape, 
seen only on the evening of December 29, first, by the 
writer, and after, by Mr. Streeter, an astronomical friend, 
who was visiting the observatory. — History, Warner Observ- 
atory. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIGURES IN GOLD. 

PAGE. 

Andromeda 56 

Cassiopeia 40 

Gemini 48 

Virgo ( The Virgin) ..... . . 32 

Yerkes' Telescope (Cover) 12, 68 

Zodiacal Wheel (Cover) 12, 27, 29 

FIGURES IN BLUE. 

Andromeda ... 76, 77 

Cassiopeia 74, 75 

Dedicatory 3 

Gemini ( The Twins) 80, 81 

Microscope, Etc 86, 8y 

MonocEROS (Descriptive) 90 

Orion 78, 79 

Red Glow 84, 85 

Structure of Universe (Descriptive) 88 

UrSi Major (Great Bear) 72, 73 

Virgo ( The Virgin) S2, 83 

Via Lactea 88, So 



92 



INDEX 



Atoms and Molecules 7, 17 and 51 

Adventures of the gods 12 

Atmospheres Shine 54 

Andromeda Con 76 

Astounding Facts 36 

Astronomy, Explained by 41 

A Single Emblem 25 

Absurb Treatments 45 

Abercrombie, Dr . J 47 

Birth and Growth of Worlds 6 

Bi-sected Mass 60 

Billions of Miles 61 

Basis of all Phenomena 52 

Big Dipper 72 

Beauty Rests on aU the Works of God. .. 39 

Beliefs on Various Topics 23 

Breadth of Starry Tire 27 

Bigelow, Dr. Jacob 46 

Captivates the Student 11 

Celestial Atlas 12, 71 

Conditions Exist 55 

Constant Procedure 55 

Completed Cosmos 55 

Cosmic Dust 56 

Constant Precipitation 58 

Currents Erode 58 

Constant Motion 60 

Current of Electricity 52 

Combination and dissolution 52 

Concede the Fact 53 

Consensus of Opinion 53 

Comets and Nebulae 54 

Celestial Mechanics 70 

Cassiopeia Con 72 

Castor and Pollux 80 

Cyclones on the Earth. . . , 84 

Conventionalities and Theories 32 

Change of Views 33 

Copernicus and Aristarchus 34 

Columbus and Cook 34 

Cultured Development 41 

Creation of Beauty 40 

Causal Conditions, Form, Sound, etc 24 

Cause is Explained 24 

Constellations 25, 26 

Cabalistic Creeds 41 

Civil and Religious Liberty 41 

Chapman, Dr 46 



Cooper, Sir Astley 47 

Carlyle, Thomas 47 

Day and Night 17 

Density of Earth 54 

Dust Clouds 57 

Distilled Water , 54 

Diamond of Virgo 82 

Distance of Stars 88 

Dispersion of Light, Heat, etc 43 

Dwell in the Temple 41 

Dream of Human Thought 41 

Diligent Student 42 

Distance of Mercury and Neptune 44 

Elements 5 

Elements and Attributes 6 

Electro-Magnetic Physics 6 

Economy of Nature 6 

Earth and Other Worlds 10 

Evaporation 16 

Ether Clouds. 61 

Energy Defined 32, 49, 50 

Energy is Infinite, etc 51 

Ethereal Matter 52 

Eminent Writers 63 

Ell and Yard 78 

Epochs of Discovery 33 

Elevation of the Race » 41 

JEgis of the Bird '. 41 

Extent of Systems 37 

Eye of His Spirit 39 

Experimental Research 40 

Energy, Origin, Motion and Laws 22 

Evolution of Thought ! 23 

Elaboration Extended 24 

Ecliptic Defined 27 

Empirical Conclusions 43 

Enlightened World 41 

Forms of Forces 8 

Firemist and Space 53, 55 

FUNCTIONS OF MATTER 51 

Form, Sound, Heat and Light 8, 52 

Functions and Attributes 53 

FORMS OF MATTER 53 

First Form of Matter 53 

Formative State 54 

Field of Vision ' 63 

Facts and Phenomena 32 



index — Continued. 



93 



Franklin and Faraday 35 

Field of Chemistry 38 

Fact and Fiction 40 

Facts Well Known to Scientists 23 

Firm Scientific Basis 24 

Function of Natural Forces 24 

Fountain of Eternal Truth 41 

Foreign to the Truth 43 

Gaseous Bubble 55 

Germ Life of the Sea 58 

Generate Phenomena 48 

General Survey 52 

Grandest Activities 52 

Grand Discoveries 63 

Great Bear 72 

Gemini (The Twins) 80 

Grand Events 36 

Great Sea of Phenomena 36 

Great Problems 38 

Gems of Thought 40 

Grasp cf Ideas 40 

Geology, Explained by 40 

Good Dr. Mason 46 

Grand Achievements 41 

Grand Work Accomplished 41 

Heat is Latent, etc 9, 17 

How Do We Know 18 

Human Body 18 

Herschel, Dr 63 

History of Andromeda 76 

Hipparchus 28 

History and Chronology 29 

Human Mind Freed 41 

Harnesses Light „ 88 

Heat of Sun 43 

Heat, Greatest Known 45 

Hygiene and Pathology 45 

Holmes, Dr. O. W 46 

Intelligence and Thought, etc 10 

Importont Views 13 

Is Man a Magnet? 19 

Infinite Space 53 



Illustrate Processes . . 
Israelitish Hyperbole . 

Inherent Light 

Immense Fields 

Integra] and Unified 



Interstellar Medium 53 



Illustrations 12, 68, 13 

Infinite and Eternal Energy 31 

Inversely as the Square 43, 44 

Jupiter and Saturn 54 

Kew Observatory 86 

Light is resolved 9 

Life in Typical Forms 9 

Like Planets or Suns 60 

Lives Sacrificed 47 

Lodge, Sir Oliver 49 

Light, Heat nor Motions 52 

Leading Element 53 

Leaf of the Forest , 63 

Lost Stars 74 

Light of the Ages 30 

Lights of Former Times 38 

Literature and Art , 40 

Leading Topics 22 

Light, heat, etc., not radiated 23 

Lapses From the Truth 42 

Learned by Experiments 45 

Magnetism, Electricity, etc 8 

Matter Void of Energy 9 

Mystical Forces and Phenomena 10 

Mighty Problems 13 

Muriatic Acid and Ammonia 56 

Meteoric Vapors , 56 

Matter in all Mediums 59 

Magnitude and Splendor 61 

Magical Vision 61 

Mighty Movements 62 

Matter and Energy 48 

Matter Affords Mediums 51. 52 

Medium That Carries 53 

Magnitude and Grandeur 62 

Many Hundred Millions C2 

Magi of Persia 72 

Moon's Distance and Spica 82 

Microscope, Spectroscope and Telescope. 86 

Milky Way 61, 88 

Morse's Telegraph 85 

Mature Intellect 39 

Manner Hitherto Unrecognized 23 

Man Seeks a Page or Sign 25 

Mystery is solved 42 

Medical Science 45 

Medical Practice 45 



94 



index — Continued. 



Natural Processes 6, 17, 25 

Nature's Great Arcanum 7 

Nebulous Theory 55 

Nebula? Forms of 59. 60, 80 

Nucleus, Dark 54 

Number is Countless 62 

Number of Star Systems 88 

New Records SO, 31, 33 

Newton and Lyell 34 

No Vague Speculation 24 

No Conception too Intricate 25 

Nature's Great Laboratory 42 

Newton, Sir Isaac 43 

Newton, His Failure . . 43 

Newton's Theory 44 

Origin of Duplicate Life 8 

Opinions and Propaganda 13 

Object of Science 14 

Origin of Worlds 15, 16, 59 

Origin of Matter 16 

Our Sun 61 

Orion 78 

Opinions of the Past 32 

One Grand Cosmical Center 27 

Origin of Rocks, Gems, etc 42 

Other Writers 44 

Plant and Animal Life 7 

Processes in the Cosmos 10 

Psychic Forces and Phenomena 10 

Precipitation 16 

Proctor, Prof. P. A 57 

Pools and Streams 58 

Precipitate the Silt ^ 58 

Protoplasm on Sea Beds 58 

Professional Technique 47 

Profession, Experimental 47 

Potentials, Two 48 

Polar Star 74 

Precession of Equinoxes 28 

Premises, Brief and Simple 24 

Practical Utility 24 

Pyramids and Obelisks 25 

Profound Thinkers 42 

Principia, Newton's 43 

Professional Doubts 45 



Red Glow 84 

Realms of Knowledge 39 

Rational and Empirical. 40 

Revealed by the Telescope 41 

Religious History for Centuries ■ . 25 

Radient and Insulated Bodies. 45 

Rejoice in Halls of Learning 41 

Salutatory 5 

Sounds are Vibratons 9 

Style and Price of Books 14 

Scientific Queries 15 

Summer Haze 57 

Storm Centre .... 58 

Sea, Earth and Air 59 

Solar System 60 

Spectrum of Nature 48 

Spectroscope Proves It 53 

Sun, Jupiter and Saturn 54 

Stewart, Prof. Balfour 84 

Sun's Spots and Storms 84 

Sun's Family Located 83 

Stars are Suns 8S 

Structure of the Universe 88 

Signs of the Zodiac 28 

Searching Mind 37 

Spirit Has Gone Forth 39 

Stars No Longer Shoot Terrors 39 

Sweep of the Ages 25 

Shining Parchment of the Skies 25 

... 26 
42 



Solar Systems of the Universe. 

Superior Instruments 

Scientific Discoveries ... 

Scientists Pen 

Squares of the Distances 

Suns Form of Matter 

Sons Did the Same 



Questions to be Solved . 

Ruins of old Cities. . . 
Remarkable Nebula 



41 



72 



The New and the Old 5 

Thought Like an Angel 11 

Topics of Interest 12 

Tons of Water 57 

Tinted Snows 57 

Troy, Babylon and Nineveh 58 

Throughout Space 60 

Thousands of Starry Clusters 61 

Thompson. Sir Wm 49 

Telescope 69 

Telescopic Objects 74 

Trite Remark 33 

The Age is Progressive 40 



index — Concluded. 



95 



Theses as Fixed Science 22 

Truth "Worth Finding Out 24 

Topics Are Described 25 

Two Motions,. < 43 

Tyndall, Prof. John 44, 56 

Universal Medium 49 

Ultimate Origin 53 

Ursi Major (Great Bear) 72 

Views and Dicta 11 

Via Lactea (Milky Way) 61, 81 

Various Changes 61 

Vast Operations 62 

Vacuum Tubes 52 

Void Like Chaos 52 

Visions of a Universe 52 

Varied Discussions 53 

Viewed by the Telescope 62 

Vast Assemblage 62 

Variegated Stars 72 

Virgo (The Virgin) 82 



Various Topics 23 

Varied Opinions 42 

Varied Objects 42 

Voltair 47 

What is Space 15 

What are Meteors 16 

Water and Steam 56 

Walls of Old Jerusalem 56 

Work and Wonder 53 

Water is 1 54 

What are Vibrations 19 

Why does the Ether Vibrate? 19 

Wisdom of the Ages 30 

Writer is Well Advised 24 

Yerkes' Telescope '.' 12, 68 

Young, Prof. C. A 84 

Zodiacal Wheel 12, 29, 27 

Zodiacs of Dendera and Esne 29, 82 

Zodiac Described 27, 28 



GLOSSARY, 



Attraction — Inherent pulling power. 
Attenuated — Thin. 
Annular— Ring-like. 
Achievements — Feats. 
Atoms — Ultimate particles. 
Arcanum — Secret enclosure. 
Aura— Golden light. 
Astral — Star light. 
Astronomy — Law of the Stars. 
Approximate — Come near. 
Attributes — Inborn qualities. 



Cause — Formative force. 
Cabalistic Record— Mysteries of traditions. 
Cycles— Recurring periods of time. 
Chemistry — Science of affinities. 
Constellations— Figures of the stars 
Crystallization— Forming a crystal. 
Cosmos — Universe. 
Consensus - One opinion. 
Celestial — Heavenly. 
Cyclones— Revolving storms. 
Collimater— Collector of light. 
Chronology— Science of Time. 
Curriculum— A course of study. 



Differential — Creating a difference. 
Bisk — Like a plate. 
Domain — Empire. 
Duplicate — Double. 
Dynamics — Power. 
Diapason — Musical octaves. 
Disintegrate — Separate. 
Dragon— Luminous exhalation. 
Dicta— Sayings. 
Dynasties — Race of rulers. 
Duration — Continuance of time. 

Endued — Inherent attribute. 
Ether — Light medium. 
Epilogue — Conclusion. 
Energy— Inherent power. 
Exploit— Heroic act. 
Environment — State of existence. 
Eliminate — To deduce. 
Equinoctial— Equal day and night. 
Equilateral — All sides equal. 
Epoch — Period of time. 
Enigmatical — Puzzling. 
Empirical — Without reason. 
EUptical— Rounded ablong. 
Elements— First principles. 



9 6 



GLOSSARY — Concluded. 



Force — Active power. 

Formulated — Definite forms of statement. 

Firemist — Shining ether. 

Fascinate — Charming influence. 

Functions — Exertion of energy. 



Genius — Superior natural powers. 
Geology — Science of the earth. 
Glories — Rays of light. 
Gyratory— Spiral Motion. 
Grotesque — Irregular figures. 



Hieroglyphic— Scored, character. 

Habitat — Abode. 

Hyperbole — Figure of speech. 

Hygiene — Health . 

Hyades— Five stars in Taurus. 

Horoscope — Aspects of natal fortune. 



Obsolete— Out of use. 
Observatory— Place of observation. 



Parchment— Skin of animals. 
Promulgate —Publish . 
Preliminary— Preparatory. 
Processes— Natural series of activities. 
Philosophy— Search after wisdom. 
Psychology— -Science of the soul. 
Plasm Cell substance, life matter. 
Protoplasm -First form of life. 
Precipitation Falling like rain. 
Precedent Example 
Phenomenon Appearance. 
Physics Science of nature. 
Propaganda— Proposition. 
Phenomena— Plural of phenomenon 
Pleiads— Seven stars in Taurus. 
Platitude— Weak remark. 
Potentials Endued with power. 
Primordial Earliest origin. 
Power- Ability inherent. 



Introductory — Previous matter. 
Interstellar — Among the stars. 
Indued — Inherent force. 
Inorganic — Without life. 
Infinite — Without limit. 
Incandescent — White heat. 
Imponderable — Without weight. 
Infinitesimal — Infinitely small. 
Illustrated — Made clear. 
Inherent — Inborn, natural. 
Introspection — Looking into. 

Laminated — Thin layers. 

Myth -Fable. 

Manifold — Many forms. 

Medium — Inherent, allpervading element. 

Magnetism — Polar attraction. 

Magnitude Axt — Brightness of stars. 

Meteorology —Science of Atmosphere. 

Mathematics — Science of quantities. 

Mythology — Science of myths and fables. 

Molecules — Particles of matter. 

Mystical— Secret rights. 

Melody — Pitch of sounds. 

Miraculous— Supernatural power. 

Magi — Wise men. 

Magic— Wisdom of the magi. 

Mechanism — Mechanical action. 

Malpractice — Bad practice. 

Microscope— Seeing small things. 

Motion- Transference of power. 

Matter— Formative nature . 



Nymphs— Goddesses or sea deities. 
Nebulous— Cloudy . 



Originate— To produce as new. 
Organic— With life . 
Orbit— Planets' path around the sun. 
Occult— Unseen. 



Rational— Reasonable. 
Research— Seeking truth. 
Repulsion inherent pushing power. 
Rhythm — Length. 

Satellites— -Moons, secondary worlds. 
Superstition— Standing higher. 
Spangles— Brilliant bodies. 
Scroll— A marked roll. 
Symbols— Signs of recognition. 
Sphinx— Heroic monster. 
Savants Wise men. 
Silt -Muddy deposite. 
Striated -Wavy lines. 
Salutatory— Greeting. 
Seismic— Shaking. 
Spectra— Light shadows. 
Scholarly— Like a scholar. 
Spectroscope— Seeing spectra. 



Trenchant - Severe. 

'Technicalities — Peculiar tG art or science. 

Temperature -Degree of heat or cold. 

Typical— Like a type. 

Thesis— Theme. 

Transcend— To go beyond. 

Technique— Processes of science and art. 

Travesty -Disguise of Truth. 

Telescope— Farseeing. 



Unifying— Making one. 

Universe — All creation combined in one 

Unbiased— Free from prejudice. 



Vacuum— Void space. 
Viscous- Adhesive. 
Void— Empty space. 
Verified- -Proved . 
Vicissitudes— Interchange. 

Weird— Magical influence. 

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